Sig Sauer previews a machine-gun-toting drone and FN updates the SCAR

At SHOT Show 2026 in Las Vegas, the event hall was full of new and updated gear from vendors all over the country

Sig Sauer used the occasion to showcase their newest version of the Spear Rifle

a belt-fed machine gun, and a large drone capable of carrying it into battle to fire on targets from overhead

Check it out. hey everyone phil strainer here at shot show 2026 we're obviously in the sig sour booth and behind

me is the wall of sphere and for those of you who don't know we actually won the next generation

military contract for rifles and for belt-fed machine guns this is the xm7 it was our submission

rifle to basically give the soldiers more capability on the battlefield. A 6.8 by 51

round that has longer range and is more effective on target, and we were able to put it together

in this package. We listened to our soldiers and their feedback and said, hey, we want something

that's got a little bit less weight on it. So we removed the folding stock, cut some of the fat off

of this thing, still has the same endurance, the same capabilities, the same caliber, but now it's

in a much lighter package, and we are looking forward to giving them the ability to be more effective

on the battlefield, and it starts right here with the M7, but it doesn't stop there

So you may know us as the commercial pistol company, Sig Sauer, but obviously we're in the defense industry too

and the battlefield is changing, and we are changing with it. We are now in the machine gun and drone business

And above me is our large class three drone, and it has our mini remote weapon station on it

and the M250 machine gun. It is day and night thermal capable

and it has a three hour flight time with the machine gun mounted Now we were able to demonstrate this at our defense symposium in front of a lot of people and had great results and we just happy to be a part of a technology that is going to change the

way our soldiers fight. So speaking of next-gen weapons, this is another firearm that was part of

that contract. This is the M250 machine gun. Shoots a 6.8 by 51 round so the same capability and same

range as the XM7 and the suppressor is heat shielded and is compatible with this firearm

as well as the M7. So they use the same suppressor, quick change barrel capability on this firearm

and all mounting solutions for your optics, thermals, everything can be done on the tray

So when you reload the firearm, you don't have to worry about losing zero when you go back to

fighting the fight. That is the N250. Hell of a gun. And it's going to give our soldiers on the battlefield

the support they need. Up next, FN was also busy at SHOT Show

where they debuted a new budget-minded pistol. Have a look. Hey, everybody

This is Cody Meeks here at the FN booth introducing our latest pistol product, the FN 309

So we've done a lot of work here to design this from the ground up

We've done a lot of work extensively with the magazines as well. We've recognized that, you know, there's a lot of people who don't want to spend $800, $900

on our duty-ready 509 handgun. So we wanted to put something together that gives you kind of that FN quality at a lower

price point. This is going to be sitting around $500. So these magazines, I'll talk about these in particular first

We've done extensive development work with these magazines. You'll notice that they are all polymer construction magazines

no metal inserts here. But you can assure that these will meet kind of our FN quality standards

They've gone through our normal gauntlet of testing and then some. As you know the magazine is really the heartbeat of the gun So we had to make sure that these ran well So moving on to the handgun we done a lot of innovative design with our unlock block and our barrel relationship

We've integrated the feed ramp into the unlock block, so you don't have to have that feed ramp directly into the barrel, which helps us reduce cost

So starting from the muzzle of the gun, you can see that we have our fiber optic front sight, nice over-molded polymer sight

In the rear here, we have the U-notch that has a high-contrast white on it

Here we have our barrel, which has been optimized to feed without necessarily having the feed

ramp included onto the barrel. And we've also been playing around with the weight of the barrel to try and get a reduced

recoil impulse as well. Moving on back, we have our MRD system here

It comes direct mount for shield RMS pattern, so you can put it on vortexes, hollow suns

Moving on down, we have a reversible magazine catch here. We do have our drop safe trigger

This has a shrouded trigger rather than the safety blade, but it serves the same function

We also have other two passive safeties built into the gun, our trigger pull safety, as well as our out-of-battery disconnect

So moving on to the sights, we've done some clever design here. We've done some overmolds here that allow us to do a fiber optic front as well as a high-contrast U-notch in the rear

And these sights still use our normal dovetails as all of our other pistol products, so you can still swap them out for suppressor height sights or metal sights or whatever you wish

So now talking about the fire control mechanism for this gun. This is an internally hammer-fired mechanism, so it's going to be similar to the Reflex

though it is a different design. That one's designed optimized to be thin. This one's designed and optimized to be a very cost-effective design

but it's still going to give you a 5, 5.5-pound trigger pull. And we're excited to be able to offer something at this $500 price point

that gives you the same reliability, quality, and durability that you would expect from our higher price point gun

fn also unveiled the latest revisions to their scar rifles the many updates are intended to

reduce recoil and improve ergonomics for the shooter here's a look at the latest

hello i cody foster with fn america here at shot show 2026 and we are debuting our new Next Generation SCAR

Some of the major changes from the SCAR from Legacy. We did extend the receiver by about three inches, adding M-Lock instead of Picatinny

Behind the handguard, we did update the bolt carrier. The bulk carrier is a two-piece hydraulically buffered bulk carrier

So hydraulic buffer to reduce that felt recoil. Two-piece so you can go from non-recip, which is how it comes from the factory

You can move it back to recip without buying an entirely new bulk carrier. That itself is backwards compatible into a Legacy Scar

So if you did want to get that functionality into your Legacy Scar, you can

The fully ambidextrous trigger module is also backwards compatible. So you have a bulk catch, bolt release on both sides, right hand and left hand

Extended and better ergonomic mag button and safety selector. True AR grip compatibility, so you can put whichever AR grip you would like on there

And like I said earlier, that is backwards compatible. We did stick with the SCAR mags. It's a proven mag

It's been around for nearly 70 years. We did a lot of other improvements

We added QD cups in the back plate as well as the stock

We recontoured the stock so it's better for left-handed shooters. From the factory, it will come with MBUS Pros, a vertical foregrip, extra selector levers

an M-LOK QD, and a bunch of other accessories just to make the shooter experience better

We did not jeopardize anything. Moving to the next generation SCAR is tested to the same rigor standards that the Lexi SCAR was

One thing that will be noticed is the fact that we are shipping with a Surefire muzzle device

but this one right here has a QD suppressor. So this QD762 is also launching here at SHOT

We have a QD762 and QD556. This is a forward venting low back pressure suppressor

This suppressor is hub mount compatible. The regulator is still a two position regulator, suppressed and unsuppressed

It is marked on the actual gas block. And one other accessory that comes with it

is a heat shield on the actual weapon. That protects your hands so you don't get hot gases

coming from the regulator out to your hands. Overall, we did a major improvement to a legacy firearm

without compromising any of the reliability or durability that scars an old board