The FM-9 mounts to the lower receiver using the standard two pushpins, and the only additional step required to get it ready is to insert a block into the magazine well, which holds the ejector. Freedom Ordnance recommends (and my testing confirmed) that Winchester and Tula 115-grain FMJs shoot reliably, but cast-lead and lower-powered loads should be avoided. One of the FM-9’s best attributes is its preference for economically priced ball ammunition. However, buying the belt linker, which loads 15 at a time, is money well spent. The reusable links are made of heat-treated steel, and the detachable ammunition bag holds 150 rounds. The FM-9 is blowback operated, fires from a closed bolt and feeds from a disintegrating link belt housed in a nylon bag under the gun. The FM-9 works with mil-spec AR-15/M16 lower receivers without any modification. This company isn’t afraid to be all American, and I felt welcome there. Michael’s wife and father are involved in production, and Michael test-fires every weapon before it leaves the plant.
Though Freedom Ordnance’s plant is obviously modern and efficient, I also noticed a strong work ethic and pro-Second-Amendment values throughout. Hardly the back-of-house garage shop you might expect from a company less than three years old, Freedom Ordnance looks like an operation with much more manufacturing experience, with new CNC machines and a quality-control process that follows each part and assembled unit. I immediately accepted his offer and three weeks later was touring his modern, neat, well- organized and well-lit building. This is where the FM-9 and FX-9-an AR-platform rifle dedicated to Glock magazines-are made. This past year, Michael offered Tactical Life a tour of Freedom Ordnance’s plant near Evansville, Indiana. Two prototypes and about eight months later, a first-generation FM-9 was born. After they sold those patents, Michael and David Winge turned their attention to what many in the Class 3 firearms community have always wanted for an M16. They each have 12 years of experience in firearms design and manufacturing, including inventing and patenting two distinctive adjustable gas operating systems for tactical shotguns. Let Freedom Ringįreedom Ordnance was formed in 2015 to manufacture and market the FM-9, but the founding brothers are hardly newcomers. And the FM-9 belt-fed 9mm upper receiver from Freedom Ordnance is one of those products. New and exciting products surface, but at unpredictable times. Despite sales cycles that get distorted by political considerations, innovation and quality drive gun sales long-term. They don’t generate much excitement.īut a mature industry doesn’t have to be stagnant. The gun industry is mature, and new product launches are usually product line extensions in which minor upgrades or enhancements are the only changes to an old-line firearm.
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