{"id":15874,"date":"2020-02-09T19:30:58","date_gmt":"2020-02-09T19:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/?p=15874"},"modified":"2020-02-09T19:31:12","modified_gmt":"2020-02-09T19:31:12","slug":"wilson-combats-new-edc-x9s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wilson-combats-new-edc-x9s\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilson Combat&#8217;s NEW EDC X9S"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you like to own the finest examples of, well, anything, then that probably applies to carry pistols too. When it comes to anything related to the 1911, Wilson Combat has an undisputed reputation for quality. Their new line of kinda-1911s is not exception. Though the original &#8211; mid-sized &#8211; EDC X9 is my favorite of the three, this new compact version is one hell of a pistol for personal protection. Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shootingillustrated.com\/articles\/2020\/1\/27\/review-wilson-combat-edc-x9s\/\">HERE<\/a> to check out a full review in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shootingillustrated.com\">NRA&#8217;s Shooting Illustrated magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"539\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/EDC-8.jpg?resize=1000%2C539&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"15877\" data-link=\"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=15877\" class=\"wp-image-15877\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/EDC-8.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/EDC-8.jpg?resize=300%2C162&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/EDC-8.jpg?resize=768%2C414&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"537\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/EDC-11.jpg?resize=1000%2C537&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"15878\" data-link=\"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=15878\" class=\"wp-image-15878\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/EDC-11.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/EDC-11.jpg?resize=300%2C161&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/EDC-11.jpg?resize=768%2C412&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"605\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/EDC-661-1.jpg?resize=1000%2C605&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"15879\" data-link=\"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=15879\" class=\"wp-image-15879\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/EDC-661-1.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/EDC-661-1.jpg?resize=300%2C182&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/EDC-661-1.jpg?resize=768%2C465&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"751\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/EDC-3-1.jpg?resize=1000%2C751&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"15881\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/EDC-3-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=15881\" class=\"wp-image-15881\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/EDC-3-1.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/EDC-3-1.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/EDC-3-1.jpg?resize=768%2C577&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once in hand, the EDC X9S is damned hard to let go of. It is an ideal personal-protection firearm, and it may be the best justification for a credit card I\u2019ve ever seen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2509,2816,2500],"tags":[2420],"class_list":["post-15874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defense","category-nras-shooting-illustrated","category-shooting","tag-carry-guns"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/EDC-661.jpg?fit=1000%2C605&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5hujZ-482","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15162,"url":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/sheriff-jim-wilson\/","url_meta":{"origin":15874,"position":0},"title":"Sheriff Jim Wilson","author":"gunwriter","date":"October 27, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"I've had the opportunity to meet a lot of gun writers, lawmen, and even cowboys over the years. 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Not all of us can afford to attend Gunsite Academy like we should, but we can discover practical training drills to work with when we\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;DEFENSE&quot;","block_context":{"text":"DEFENSE","link":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/category\/defense\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/OD-8.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/OD-8.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/OD-8.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/OD-8.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":15681,"url":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/remington-r1-ultralight-executive-1911\/","url_meta":{"origin":15874,"position":2},"title":"Remington R1 UltraLight Executive 1911","author":"gunwriter","date":"September 7, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"I own several custom 1911 handguns that were purchased for personal protection. I like this new R1 UltraLight Executive from Remington very well-even more than my Nighthawk Commander.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;DEFENSE&quot;","block_context":{"text":"DEFENSE","link":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/category\/defense\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/THUMB-R1.jpg?fit=1000%2C561&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/THUMB-R1.jpg?fit=1000%2C561&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/THUMB-R1.jpg?fit=1000%2C561&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/THUMB-R1.jpg?fit=1000%2C561&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":15409,"url":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/nra-shooting-illustrateds-most-popular-read-article-of-2018\/","url_meta":{"origin":15874,"position":3},"title":"NRA Shooting Illustrated&#8217;s most popular\/read article of 2018","author":"gunwriter","date":"January 1, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"NRA Shooting Illustrated magazine recently announced their most popular\/read articles of 2018. 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I conducted extensive testing for our department and Hydra-Shok is what we selected. Since then - its been a while - the popularity of Hydra-Shok has waned, but recently Federal just updated this benchmark\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;DEFENSE&quot;","block_context":{"text":"DEFENSE","link":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/category\/defense\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/HSD-1.jpg?fit=1000%2C543&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/HSD-1.jpg?fit=1000%2C543&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/HSD-1.jpg?fit=1000%2C543&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/HSD-1.jpg?fit=1000%2C543&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12887,"url":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/add-a-little-southern-grind-to-your-edc\/","url_meta":{"origin":15874,"position":5},"title":"Add a little Southern Grind to your EDC","author":"gunwriter","date":"January 15, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The acronym EDC is becoming as overused as the word cool was when I was in high school. 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