The PD10 is almost ready to enter full production. (Photo: Hodoway)
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It’s single-stack but with a full-length grip and 4-inch barrel. (Photo: Hodoway)
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Unlike a subcompact, this gun handles more like a standard service pistol. (Photo: Hodoway)
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For updates and more details, visit Avidity Arms.
Overview
The Avidity Army PD10 is a purpose-driven concealed-carry pistol developed by self-defense expert Rob Pincus. Pincus is a professional trainer, author and consultant — and now a firearms designer.
The PD10 started life as a sketch on a napkin. It is a polymer-framed, single-stack striker-fired 9mm handgun. If the PD10 was a double-stack handgun it would be about service pistol-sized, but thanks to the slender magazine it’s thin and light enough for concealed carry while still providing a full pistol grip and standard muzzle velocities.
After two years in development and testing, Pincus is launching the design with Eagle Imports. He is now showing off the first production Avidity Arms PD10 pistols.
Everything about the pistol was built expressly for concealed-carry without compromising its performance to cut weight and thickness. The PD10 uses 1911 magazine bodies for their proven reliability, with modified claw baseplates for one-handed extraction if they don’t eject properly.
The pistol comes with a factory front night sight, an Ameriglo high-visibility square LumiGreen front sight, and a black serrated Claw sight for advanced slide manipulation techniques. It has aggressive slide serrations at the rear and a dehorned muzzle to make it holster quickly and safely.
It has a very large front sight for fast target acquisition. (Photo: Hodoway)
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Behind the ejection port is a tactile loaded chamber indicator. (Photo: Hodoway)
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The rear Claw sight can be used to rack the slide one-handed. (Photo: Hodoway)
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Specifications
- Chamber: 9mm Luger
- Capacity: 10+1
- Action: Double-action, striker-fired
- Barrel length: 4 inches
- Length: 6.9 inches
- Height: 5.1 inches
- Width: 1 inch
- Weight: 18.8 ounces
Impressions
I had a chance to drop by the Eagle Imports booth and chat with Pincus about the new pistol. He is always the showman and finally, I just had to stop him and say, “Rob I believe you, but I haven’t shot the gun, tell me what was your vision in 10 words or less.” He thought about it and said “[Our] students wanted a single-stack Glock 19 and that was where I started.”
This is the second version of the gun I have handled. Last year it was a prototype Frankengun; a proof of concept pistol. This year’s model was mostly finalized with a few small tweaks and changes slated to be made. Avidity Arms has plans to follow with a compact version of the PD10 Both models will be manufactured and assembled in America.
This gun is interesting and has promise. So how about it, Rob got one I can try out?
Pricing and Availability
The MSRP will be around $500 and availability is expected mid-2017 for the first full-size model.
At that price, Avidity faces some strong competition from established brands, but the pistol is different enough — a full-size subcompact? — that it manages to stand out well on its own.
For updates and more details, visit Avidity Arms.