Our Fav New Guns from Shot Show 2026

The Thompson has been a fun gun ever since it first hit the market in 1921.

Its latest, albeit semi-auto sporter version, continues that tradition of making users smile. With classic M1927 styling, it features polymer simulated wood-grain furniture, an aluminum receiver, and a .22 LR blowback action that feeds from a 10/22 pattern magazine inside a faux Tommy gun stick magazine.

It looks like the real thing but is lightweight and has an ask of $999.   

With a name that gives an ode to an old Beretta “Cat Gun” of the 1960s and 70s, the rebooted Jaguar, like its predecessor, is a well-laid-out .22LR rimfire semi-auto pistol.

Shipping with 5.25-inch threaded barrels with pistols in two flavors: a $969 bronze competition variant featuring a Steam Demon Compensator and Tandemkross Accelerator Thumb Ledge, and a plainer $749 all-black Tac Metal model, both use an internal hammer, have interchangeable grips, a dual ejection port, and an M-LOK barrel shroud. 

The original KH9 Covert Pistol was designed as an E&E gun– used for Escape and Evasion by folks like military air crews downed behind enemy lines or a surveillance unit that is . As such, it runs from a compact closed-bolt blowback system, is constructed with a hybrid aluminum upper and polymer lower with a folding grip and magazine well to fit the most confined spaces, such as inside an ejection seat compartment.

The new model is the KH9S, with the “S” denoting that it takes a horizontal side-mounted stick mag akin to the STEN or MP28. This is a Swiss-made Gucci-level gun, so a $3K ask is on-par for the model. 

FN “killed” the old SCAR last year in a move no one saw coming, only reboot it this year in a new generation of rifles that has something like 25 changes. The new SCAR line has a redesigned (and lighter) hydraulically buffered modular two-piece bolt carrier that softens recoil, which also helps preserve optics, solving the notoriously bad habit of the old SCAR blowing out scopes.

The rifles also now accept AR/M4 stocks and grips. Another big change is that the SCAR is now suppressor-friendly as well, with a U.S.-standard muzzle profile and barrel shoulder. The new FN SCAR 17S 7.62 NATO variants run $3,999, while the 5.56 NATO SCAR 16S is slightly cheaper at $3,799, and the long boy, the 20S, is $4,499. 

FN is aiming to deliver a more affordable entry-level offering to its catalog with the new polymer-framed 309. Internal hammer-fired, much like the company’s Reflex micro 9, it’s optics-ready, uses proprietary 16+1 round mags (20 extended), and runs $549. 

Geissele recently got a big nod from SOCOM in the latter’s Mid Range Gas Gun (MRGG) trials and selection to be adopted by the military as the Mark 1 Mod 0. sub ten-pound gas gun in 6.5 Creedmoor.

The company had it on display at SHOT and, using a 20-inch CHF chrome-lined barrel and 17.5-inch MK18 handguard, it is seriously sweet. It has a correspondingly sweet $6,500 MSRP, provided you can find it in stock. 

The Gen 6 Glocks closely resemble previous generations and are compatible with most existing holsters, but they offer upgrades requested by users. These pistols feature direct-milled optics readiness, a new flat-faced trigger, enhanced ergonomics, and retain many original internal components.

They also accept legacy magazines and sights yet remain priced the same as Gen 5 MOS models. The new Gen 6s at first will be all 9mm, with the G19, G17, and G45 at launch and the G49 available overseas. MSRP is $745

Heckler & Koch has made some improvements to its VP9 line and showed us a couple of new models at the SHOT Show 2026. For this new generation, HK kept the great ergonomics but removed the finger grooves seen on previous models, extended the ambidextrous slide lock/release levers, and cleaned up the trigger.

The VP9A1 K is a compact version with a shortened frame akin to a Glock 19. The VP9A1 X, meanwhile, is comparable to a Glock 19X, with a compact slide but an extended grip frame. Both models are optics ready.

As the classic Browning P-35 Hi-power edges within striking distance of its 100th anniversary, SDS Arms in Tennessee is bringing in the new and very tricked-out Inglis 2035, which just isn’t your grandpa’s BHP.

Updates include a tuned flat-faced trigger, extended beavertail, accessory rail, G10 grips, 15+1 round Mec-Gar magazines, lightening cuts on the slide, suppressor-height sights, and a DPP footprint for optics. The MSRP is just $731.

South Carolina’s Jacob Grey Precision Machining has been around for more than a decade and has made a solid name for itself in the highly customized small batch 1911 space. The new NOX 9 is the result of lessons learned over that period.

Standard features include a 5-inch integrally compensated barrel on a stainless steel DLC-coated slide, a 2.5-pound trigger that is adjustable for overtravel, Copper Canyon DLC controls, a 7-pound recoil spring, and a 15-pound mainspring that is fully machined from steel billet. Speaking of billet, the gun uses  no castings or MIM parts.

All that attention to detail and billet machining don’t come cheap, though, as the NOX 9 has an MSRP of $5,800

Semi-auto handguns using fixed top-loading magazines have been a thing going back to the C96 “Broom handle” Mauser, and Swedish-born gun designer George Kellgren used the same concept to stoke his 11-shot Grendel P10 .380 ACP pocket pistol back in 1988.

Kellgren went on to found KelTec, and the company has since called back to the Grendel with last year’s 20-shot PR-5.7. It should therefore be no surprise that the 14-shot .380 ACP KelTec PR-3AT (get it?) debuted this year.

Weighing just 10.64 ounces with a 5.58-inch length, it is super concealable and offered in three color variants, and with the option for a factory-installed Viridian RFX1 green dot, the price starts at $399, with the dot pushing it to $589.

Kimber knocked it out of the park in terms of an affordable American-made double-stack 1911 series with the DS Warrior line at SHOT. Available in 9mm, 10mm, 38 Super, and .45 ACP as well as in Government (5-inch barrels) and Long (6-inch), they are optics-ready, have good iron sights, and use Checkmate 2011-style magazines.

They start at $1,099, which is a good bit cheaper than the Springfield Armory Prodigy line, which starts at around $1,500.

The new 990 SPX Magpul is a 12-gauge semi-auto available as a 14.75-inch barreled, 5+1 capacity Shockwave gripped firearm or an 18.5-inch 7+1 capacity shotgun, with the latter running a Magpul SGA stock. There is also an NFA-regulated (but zeroed-out tax-stamped) short-barreled shotgun that blends the SGA stock with the 14.5-inch barrel. All feature the beefy SPX handguard with integrated QD cups and M-LOK slots for mounting lights, grips, and other accessories.

MSRP is in the $1,300 range. 

Rock Island Armory came to SHOT with the folding PK-12 12-gauge pump in both Long and Short formats. They aren’t imports, being American-made in RIA’s Nevada facility. 

They use an assisted pump action format, which helps keep the slide under tension and returns the forearm to its extended format, almost auto-cocking the gun. The PK-12 Long is 37.25 inches long unfolded — and only 18.5 inches when folded — and the Short is just over 26 inches in its longest format. Both have  a 4+1 capacity. MSRP is $369.  

SIG had are several new variants of the steel-framed P211 9mm pistol on display across the “Bridge” into the 70,000s area of SHOT Show, including a two-toned GTO Equinox, a Flash Gordon-esque GTO Spectre Comp with brass grips, a soft-launched Silver model (coming in February), a “burnt titanium” variant, and the GT4 and GT5 models.

The GT5 runs a 5-inch bull barrel, steel frame, and aluminum grip module with replaceable G10 panels. The GT4 has a 4.2-inch crowned bull barrel and a low-profile carry magwell. All of the P211s are compatible with P320 magazines. Prices are in the $2K-$3K range. 

About 15 years ago, S&W had a Night Guard series of ultralightweight framed carry revolvers, so named due to their tritium night sights and matte black finishes. While the original Night Guards were varied, offering six models and calibers from .38 SPL to .45 ACP across three frame sizes, the new series is just starting with two L-Frame revolvers: a Model 396 (.44 Special) and a Model 386 (.357 Magnum).

Updates include a 3-inch barrel, strengthened ball detent lock-up, thicker forcing cones, an adjustable rear sight, high-visibility front night sights, and Phantom grips. The MSRP is in the $1,300 frame. 

Developed in a “multi-year collaboration to meet the needs of an elite tactical surveillance unit,” the HD C4X is Staccato’s first HD model with an integrated compensator. The C4X’s one-piece barrel with integrated compensator delivers flatter shooting while still preserving concealability, and the forward placed rear sight allows for easy optics mounting while both saving the glass from being occluded by gas in the recoil cycle and ensuring a lower-third.

It rocks a 4-inch comped barrel and uses G19 pattern magazines. Paired with the all-new fully captive flat wire recoil system, the HD C4X was extremely shootable on the range in Pahrump.

However, at $4,500, it is a hard sell in a world where you can get a Kimber 2K11 Pro Comp, two new Gen 6 Glock 45s, and three cases of 9mm ammo for that price. 

Folks love the TX22 pistol, especially with the Freedom Finger FRT floating around. Taurus has recognized the love and, building on it, now has the scaled-up 9mm center-fired TX9 on the market. Offered in three different models– full-size (4.5-inch barrel), compact (4-inch), and subcompact (3.4-inch) variants, and in both standard (17, 15, and 13-round flush-fit magazines) and low-capacity (10-round) formats.

All are optics-ready, use Glock-pattern steel dovetailed sights, have a trigger safety lever, use a trio of included adjustable backstraps, and have accessory rails. Other features include an ambi slide catch and a reversible magazine release. Cost across the board is $499 for all models. 

Century-owned U.S. Palm has long been known for their AK stuff, but their new Storm line of ARs, with 7075-T6 aluminum uppers and lowers, Mono-Loc MLOK handguards, a top Pic rail, Hurricane flash hider, Hiperfire triggers, Magpul furniture, and bilateral controls seem like a strong contender so long as they work. Cost is $1,399.