Small Business Spotlight: Finch Arms
by
Hrachya H
Published: August 26th, 2025
Welcome back to TFB’s Small Business Spotlight! In this weekly article series, we talk about small firearm-related businesses. For today’s edition, we have a new company called Finch Arms that is designing a roller-delayed blowback handgun.
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Business Name: Finch Arms
URL: Reddit
Years in business: Less than one year
About Finch Arms
Finch Arms is designing the F9, a slimline roller delayed DA/SA handgun. It's about the same size as a Hellcat Pro, but it holds 2 more rounds and has a half inch longer barrel. This is possible by using a double-stack, double-feed magazine with a special spring design. The magazine is at a steeper angle than the grip, allowing a longer barrel relative to the overall size. Roller delayed blowback will reduce recoil compared to a typical tilting-barrel action and the fixed barrel will allow a high degree of mechanical accuracy.
The F9 is still being developed and I am looking for a business partner.
What makes Finch Arms unique?
There is a huge untapped market for a slimline DA/SA handgun. There is also a market for any gun that is not another polymer framed, striker fired, tilting barrel handgun. Any gun that has less recoil, higher capacity and a longer barrel than any other gun in the same size and weight class will be extremely popular, especially for concealed carry and competition shooting. It also has a stylish retro minimalist aesthetic, and excellent ergonomics.
Finch Arms F9 Technical Details:
- Roller delayed blowback. Single roller, based on the Korriphila HSP-701
- 4.8" tall x 6.6" long x 1.1” wide
- 4.25" barrel
- 17+1 9mm Double stack, double feed magazine
- Modular serialized chassis
- DA/SA, to decock the gun, just push down the hammer
- It should be very soft shooting, due to the light slide, roller delay, low bore axis, and buffer spring
- Serialized chassis insert will allow modularity with additional slide and grip lengths, and caliber
- To deckock the slide, simply press down the hammer
- Optics ready
- Minimal external screws, pins, and controls
- Weighs around 22-25 oz with aluminum grip
Pictures by Finch Arms
Managing Editor Being a lifelong firearms enthusiast, Hrachya always enjoys studying the history and design of guns and ammunition. Should you need to contact him, feel free to shoot him a message at Hrachya@TheFirearmBlog.com
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Reminds me of my unstoppable Ruger P94&95's. The pictures look like vapor ware – article says is it on the drawing board? Hopefully the slide is milled steel? Is the trigger staged or a stop-/firm snap then bang? The Dual Ambidextrous Magazine seems high on the frame – as a south paw this is nice; however, will it drop the magazine every time the trigger is pulled making THIS A SINGLE SHOT SEMI AUTOMATIC? Is there an estimate of cost yet? Idea – perhaps Mr. Finch could partner with Ruger – they know how to make innovative, high quality handguns at unbeatable prices.🙂
The HK P9S pistol had roller locking 50 years ago, and was available in 9mm OR 45 acp.