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SHOT Show 2026 — Taurus | TX9 debut + Judge 20th Anniversary
SHOT Show 2026 in Las Vegas (Jan 20–23 at the Venetian Expo + Caesars Forum), and I stopped by the Taurus booth to see what they were actually bringing to the table this year (booth 13038, if you’re hunting badges and blisters).
Taurus didn’t come in with “one new colorway and a dream.” The big headline is the TX9 series — a new 9mm striker-fired platform that’s built around a serialized modular chassis, so the fire control unit can move between different frame sizes. That’s Taurus leaning into a modern, modular approach instead of forcing you to buy three different guns just to cover full-size, compact, and subcompact roles.
From what Taurus and show coverage laid out, the TX9 launches in three sizes: full-size (4.5"), compact (4"), and subcompact (3.4"), with standard capacities listed as 17, 15, and 13 rounds (plus 10-round options depending on configuration/state). The shared feature set is what you’d expect for a “welcome to 2026” pistol: optics-ready setup, accessory rail, interchangeable backstraps, and controls designed to work for righties and lefties without making you do awkward hand gymnastics. The price claim floating around SHOT coverage puts MSRP around $499.99 with street pricing expected lower — which, if it holds, is Taurus aiming straight at the “working man’s modular pistol” lane.
The other big Taurus nod at SHOT was a 20th Anniversary Judge edition. It’s a presentation-style tribute to the Judge line, with a 3-inch barrel, five-shot cylinder, and the ability to accept 2.5-inch .410 shells, with an MSRP listed at $681.99 in show coverage. It’s less “new duty tool” and more “heritage flex,” and I’m fine with that—every brand has to feed the collectors once in a while.
My takeaway from the Taurus booth is simple: the TX9 is the real story here, because it’s Taurus trying to level up into a more modular, feature-complete ecosystem without pricing itself out of its own fanbase. The question is the same one it always is: how it holds up after real round counts, real carry, real grime, and real shooter habits (not the polite SHOT Show version of reality).
As always, everything I cover gets handled safely and evaluated responsibly. This is not an endorsement of any storefront — it’s simply my first look and my perspective on what I’m seeing on the floor and what matters to shooters in the real world.
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