SilencerCo brought along the latest iteration of the Maxim 9 to their booth at Industry Day at the Range. The original Maxim 9 was built upon the Smith & Wesson M&P, more-or-less due to “[SilencerCo] having a lot of them sitting around”. This new Maxim 9 is, by comparison, a SilencerCo design, albeit in a prototype form. This is partially apparent from the 3D printed lower frame, and because of it being a prototype, none of the attendees were allowed to test fire it; a live fire demonstration by a SilencerCo employee was made, however, and we’ll upload footage from that for the readership soon.
Getting back to the pistol itself, it sports a number of impressive changes and upgrades from the initial prototype. First, it now utilizes Glock 17 magazines, which is great for obvious reasons. Adding on to the Glock compatibility, the irons are designed to be replaceable with any Glock-compatible sights. Additionally, it sports a 3.5″ barrel, a quick-action/safe-action-style trigger, the slide catch/stop/release is ambidextrous, and SilencerCo told us they plan to make the mag release ambi as well.
Adding to the changes, the Maxim 9 now features removable baffles much like the Salvo 12 and Osprey Micro, which allows users to shorten the overall profile of the Maxim 9. SilencerCo also told us they are making further refinements to the design, including the development of a method to allow for the mounting of a light and/or laser.
We heard the Maxim 9 may be available as soon as quarter 4 this year, so be on the lookout for more info as it becomes available.
Tags: SHOT Show, Silencerco
And that just became vapor ware
And that just became vapor ware 12
I’m probably the only guy who is bummed that this now takes glock mags
^ Yea you are.
Just curious, but why is that?
Any idea if it will have optics capability? since putting a Trijicon RMR or a DOCTERsight III on your pistol seems to be the new thing.
Seems like the only person who would get this would be a robotic cop in a futuristic Detroit.
Jokes aside, I would love to see this being fired. I bet the decibel reduction is substaintial.
Please put a rail on top for optics/RMRs. And NOT on the slide portion if at all possible.
-glock mags fat and dumb
-obvious ergos blow
100% poo