Shadow Systems has just announced the AXIO pistol line, designed around a steel chassis for enhanced controllability and recoil management.
As popular as Glock pistols are, many shooters have always felt that they’re lacking in certain departments. This gave rise to a huge industry entirely dedicated to improving them with aftermarket components and modifications. It also resulted in companies like Shadow Systems that iterated on the design to build their own pistols with improvements throughout the whole gun. The company’s different models have garnered an excellent reputation among concealed carriers, duty users and even competitors over the years, but the latest addition to its catalog was designed from scratch to crank performance up to 11. Called the AXIO line, the new 9mm pistols are built around a steel chassis to reduce recoil and improve shootability.
The AXIO pistols’ precision-machined steel chassis was designed to add mass and efficiently distribute it to key areas for enhanced controllability, as well as improve balance, rigidity and slide-to-frame fitment. Another important feature is the new Overstroke Slide System that reduces recoil and ammo sensitivity by increasing slide travel and dwell time.
There will be two variants of the AXIO available, the standard and the PRO, and each of those will be available with a longer 4.4-inch barrel as well. All models feature interchangeable grip panels for improved ergonomics, but the standard version will ship with textured polymer panels and the PRO will ship with machined steel panels. Both versions will also feature Shadow Systems’ next-generation trigger system, but the standard model will have a 4-pound trigger while the PRO will have a 2.5-pound pull weight. Naturally, all AXIO pistols will be optics-ready as well.
Trevor Roe, CEO of Shadow Systems, said this about the new pistols:
AXIO wasn’t about adding features for the sake of differentiation … It was designed from first principles, with an uncompromising focus on recoil control, build quality, and a striker-fired trigger system engineered to set a new benchmark. Every design choice was made to elevate how the pistol shoots and how confident the shooter feels behind it.
Shadow Systems AXIO pistols will begin shipping in spring of this year, and each gun will come with two 18-round magazines. MSRP for standard models will start at $2,000 and $2,250 for AXIO Pro models.
For more information, visit shadowsystemcorp.com.
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