Diamondback FS9, why was it discontinued?

5-SHOTS · Jan 20, 2022

Hello to all THR members.
I have always been intrigued by the fact that the Diamondback FS9 went out of production not long after its market launch. Yet it looked like a pretty promising pistol, with a nice aesthetic, reliable, inexpensive, and receiving very favorable reviews.
Do any of you have more details on the decision to put it out of production?
I'm asking just for curiosity and to improve my knowledge on modern pistols.
Thank you all.

Patocazador · Jan 20, 2022

I bought one and am not sorry. It is powerful (9mm), lightweight, and has a decent DAO trigger. It's my concealed carry pistol.

I didn't know they were out of production until I read the above post. Why they stopped making them, I don't know.

C0untZer0 · Jan 21, 2022

It will be back chambered in 30SC !

5-SHOTS · Jan 22, 2022

C0untZer0 said:
It will be back chambered in 30SC !

The only thing I can think of, is that it may have been discontinued because perhaps it was a rather large pistol for having "only" 15 rounds when, normally, pistols of that size have 17 or 19 rounds. So perhaps the sales, despite the low price, were not what the company expected. Also in recent years the compact and subcompact pistols are certainly more popular than the full size ones and the Diamondback seems very focused on concealed carry pistols. Too bad because it seemed to be a very promising pistol.

Zendude · Jan 22, 2022

Diamondback is a relatively small manufacturer. The vast bulk of their business is rifles. My guess would be that their limited handgun capacity is focused on the Db9 gen 4 and the AM9.

JohnKSa · Jan 22, 2022

Speaking purely for myself, here's why I never got interested in Diamondback.

I handled one of the Diamondback pistols years ago when they first came out and was shocked by how hard the trigger was to pull. I have never encountered a trigger that heavy before and I own a pistol with DA trigger pull approaching 20lbs. It is possible that the one I handled was the exception rather than the rule, and also possible that they made huge improvements in subsequent designs, but I never had the urge to look at one again after that.

5-SHOTS · Jan 23, 2022

JohnKSa said:
Speaking purely for myself, here's why I never got interested in Diamondback.

I handled one of the Diamondback pistols years ago when they first came out and was shocked by how hard the trigger was to pull. I have never encountered a trigger that heavy before and I own a pistol with DA trigger pull approaching 20lbs. It is possible that the one I handled was the exception rather than the rule, and also possible that they made huge improvements in subsequent designs, but I never had the urge to look at one again after that.

Infact, looking at the various videos on youtube and judging by the action of the owners' trigger finger it seems that the weight of the trigger pull is quite variable from specimen to specimen.

George Dickel · Jan 23, 2022

JohnKSa said:
Speaking purely for myself, here's why I never got interested in Diamondback.

I handled one of the Diamondback pistols years ago when they first came out and was shocked by how hard the trigger was to pull. I have never encountered a trigger that heavy before and I own a pistol with DA trigger pull approaching 20lbs. It is possible that the one I handled was the exception rather than the rule, and also possible that they made huge improvements in subsequent designs, but I never had the urge to look at one again after that.

I have a DB9 that has a decent trigger. I bought mine about 4 or 5 years ago, so it is possible that the early ones had a problem with the trigger. The only problem with mine is if you let it get way too dirty the trigger won't reset sometimes. In the gun's defense the pistol was quite dirty as I had fired a lot of rounds through it and neglected to clean it when needed. I've not had any function problems other than that.

CNobbe · Jan 23, 2022

Send diamondback firearms an email and ask them. They’re pretty well known for their basic ARs, maybe they just wanted to stick to that.

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