The new FN 509 has caught my interest. I'm in the market for a new 9mm full size around the October/November timeline, I had my heart set on another companies product, but their recent poor decisions have soured that for me.
1. I mentioned a full size, because this would be primarily a USPSA/IDPA/3-GUN competition pistol for me, with the occasional carry during winter when I felt like wearing a full size. The 509 is being touted as the evolution of the FNS, and I know FN offered the FNS in a "long slide" model with a 5" barrel, how many feel the same product lines will exist on the new 509 line?
2. To add on to that, does anyone think we'll see suppresser ready models with threaded barrels and tall sights, or factory milled slides for red dot setups?
3. With this being (or at least appearing to be) FN's answer to the P320, do you think we'll see a compact/subcompact variant of the same pistol?
4. Magazines. SIG Kicks butt with their options for factory magazines with 21 rounds, do you think we'll see this from FN as well?