LAS VEGAS -- Smith & Wesson showed off its new easy-racking 9mm pistol at SHOT Show 2020, designed for shooters who struggle with pulling the slide to the rear on traditional semi-automatics.

Summary and Key Points: The 9mm Luger ... large hands. The Smith & Wesson M&P (Military and Police) was first introduced in 2005 and as a hybrid of two previous guns, the Sigma and the SW99.

FBI SWAT purchased roughly 800 Smith & Wesson Model 459s on a trial run circa ... which became the first traditional ...

Nonetheless, Smith & Wesson refused to give up on the design, and the Sigma evolved into the SD9 9mm and SD40 .40 S&W of today. Needless to say, the SD series of pistols are far higher quality ...

For decades the FBI claimed the .40 Smith & Wesson was the optimal personal defense round. But the 9mm versus .40S&W battle rages on. (Photo by FBI) Defensive caliber arguments have been going on ...

The Smith & Wesson Model 39 semi-automatic handgun served ... The extra weight slowed the normally supersonic 9mm round to below the speed of sound, eliminating the sharp crack of a bullet ...