Wilson Combat announced a new AR pattern carbine chambered for the 9×19 pistol caliber. The new gun, called the AR9, is different from most AR pattern 9mm as it can be had with one of three different lowers that accept magazines for:

• Glock 17 (and similar)
• Beretta 92
• Smith & Wesson M&P9

According to the folks at Wilson Combat, this new rifle is not simply a warmed over AR. Rather, it was designed to be a 9mm carbine that uses the familiar controls of the AR-15. The company claims the new gun offers the handling of an AR with the best possible reliability and accuracy the 9mm can obtain in a rifle form.

The company states the gun was designed to function with a broad range of ammunition including all of the popular hollow point loads and higher pressure (+P) loads.

Some of the features found on this new carbine are:

• bolt hold open with lock back on empty factory magazines
• proprietary bolt carrier group with heavy duty claw extractor
• billet machined aluminum receivers
• flared magazine well
• integral, oversized trigger guard
• designed for suppressed use
• match grade, carbon steel barrel with 1:10″ twist and button rifling
• fluted barrels optional
• carbine and SBR lengths available; can be ordered as a pistol
• various accessories and Armor Tuff finish colors are available
• compatible with standard AR furniture, triggers, charging handles, stocks and optics

The base price is $1,995.

Wilson Combat makes a variety of weapons such as the ARP and a range of high end 1911 pistols.