The STR-45 Combat is the headline gun at the Stoeger booth and the brand's first full-size handgun in .45 ACP. Full-size frame, 16+1 capacity, 5.18 inch barrel, $649 MSRP. The capacity number is the one that matters. The benchmark duty .45 for the last twenty years, the Glock 21, holds 13+1 in a double-stack frame. Stoeger is shipping three more rounds on board for about a hundred dollars less at MSRP, and street pricing on Stoeger pistols routinely runs 15-20% below sticker.

The STR-45 Combat ships suppressor-ready out of the box. The 5.18 inch barrel is threaded .578x28 with a thread protector installed, and the sight system is a suppressor-height adjustable fiber optic front and rear that co-witnesses over most .45 cans. That combination is rare at this price point. The slide is nitride-hardened matte black for wear and corrosion resistance, the frame is black synthetic, and the grip is aggressively textured for medium to large hands with M and L backstraps included. The front of the dust cover carries an integrated accessory rail for a weapon light or laser, a tactile loaded-chamber indicator sits on top of the slide, and two magazines ship in the box.

The missing feature on the spec sheet is an optics cut. The STR-45 Combat ships with irons only, no RMR or RMSc pattern milling on the slide. For a $649 suppressor-ready duty .45 that is a reasonable omission. Stoeger kept the capacity, the rail, the threaded barrel, and the suppressor-height sights, dropped the optic cut, and let the buyer run irons or send the slide out. For a slide-mounted red dot on this pistol, see our best pistol red dot guide and plan on custom milling from Jagerwerks or ATEi.

The Thinline+ is the 2026 refresh of Stoeger's 2025 STR-9 Thinline, not an all-new design. The ported barrel and lower bore axis are carryovers from the 2025 gun, already part of the original Thinline's pitch against the Glock 48 and Sig P365XL. What is actually new for the + version is a shorter list but the right list: an enlarged magwell for faster reloads, a Tungsten Cerakote slide for corrosion and wear resistance, and a capacity bump to 19+1 using a flush-fit full-size magazine, with two 14-round backup mags included in the box. MSRP is $699.

The 19+1 capacity number is the headline change and it puts the Thinline+ squarely up against the SIG P365-XMACRO, not the Glock 48 or P365XL. The XMACRO is the reigning high-capacity micro-compact at 17+1 in a 1.1 inch wide frame, and Stoeger is shipping two more rounds on board in a frame 0.1 inch thinner, for roughly half the price ($699 vs $849-$899 street on the XMACRO Comp). The 14-round flush mags drop capacity for deeper concealment, so the same gun runs as a range-or-home pistol with the full mag and a daily carry gun with the shorter ones. Porting on a carry gun is a tradeoff: flatter recoil but muzzle flash venting up through the slide from appendix-carry positions. For how ported carry guns stack up elsewhere in the market, see our coverage of the S&W Equalizer Carry Comp and the SIG P365-FUSE COMP, both of which attack the same niche from higher price tiers.

The V7000 is the first new over/under platform Stoeger has introduced in years. It runs 28 inch barrels in both 12 and 20 gauge, with 2-3/4 and 3 inch chambers so it will feed anything from light target loads to heavy waterfowl. A red-bar fiber optic front bead and ventilated rib handle the sight picture, IC, Modified, and Full choke tubes ship with the gun, and the aluminum alloy receiver comes in black or silver. Weight lands at just 6 lb in 12 gauge with 28 inch barrels. MSRP is $949 for black, $999 for silver.

The price delta between the two receiver colors is not just finish. The silver alloy V7000 ships with extended IC/M/F choke tubes and ejectors, while the black V7000 ships with flush-fit chokes and extractors. Silver is the clays gun, black is the upland gun, and buyers should pick by intended use rather than aesthetics.

An aluminum alloy receiver keeps weight down for long field days and brings cost well under what you pay for a Beretta 686 Silver Pigeon or a Browning Citori. Stoeger and Beretta share the same parent company in Beretta Holding, and the V7000 is pitched squarely at the buyer who wants Italian-style O/U handling on a Turkish or Brazilian manufacturing budget. It is not a Beretta 686 killer, but it undercuts one by several hundred dollars and arrives out of the box ready for sporting clays, skeet, upland, or waterfowl.

The M3000 Sporting (model #36084) is a competition build on Stoeger's existing inertia-driven M3000 platform. Stoeger added a 30 inch ported barrel, extended competition choke tubes, oversized bolt release and bolt handle for faster reloads under a shot timer, and enlarged loading and ejection ports so the shooter can stuff shells and clear hulls without fumbling between stations.

Inertia operation is the relevant detail. Unlike gas-operated semi-autos, inertia guns stay dry inside, run cleaner round after round, and cycle a wider load range without adjustment. The tradeoff is felt recoil, which hits harder on lighter loads than a comparable gas gun. For sustained sporting clays strings with 1 oz target shells, that recoil penalty is manageable, especially with a ported 30 inch barrel absorbing some of the jump. The target buyer is the clays shooter who owns a Beretta A400 or Benelli M2 at double the price and wants a second gun for sub-gauge events or bad weather.

Stoeger has been owned by Beretta Holding since 2000, alongside Beretta, Benelli, Sako, Tikka, and Franchi. The company's job inside that portfolio is clear: build working-class guns that share engineering DNA with the premium brands but hit price points the rest of the family does not touch. The M3000 inertia action is a lightly reworked Benelli system. The STR-9 pistol family uses design cues you can trace back to Beretta's APX work. The V7000 borrows O/U geometry from decades of Beretta field-gun experience.

That positioning matters for this year's lineup. The STR-45 Combat at $649 and the V7000 O/U at an expected sub-$800 street price are not trying to beat the premium brands on refinement. They are trying to deliver 90% of the function for 40-50% of the money. For shooters building a collection from zero or adding a second gun for a specific task, Stoeger's NRAAM 2026 lineup reads like a smart value play. Run the compare tool or builder to see where these fit against premium alternatives, or browse the full catalog for matching accessories.

Stoeger's NRAAM 2026 lineup is the most coherent release the brand has put together in several years. Every gun on the booth is built to a clear job: the STR-45 Combat for duty and defense .45 shooters who want Glock 21 capacity without Glock 21 pricing, the STR-9 Thinline+ for concealed carry shooters who want ported performance in a slim frame, the V7000 for shotgun buyers who want an Italian-style O/U on a Benelli sibling-brand budget, and the M3000 Sporting for clays competitors who do not want to spend $2,000 on a second gun.

The STR-45 Combat is the sleeper pick of the bunch. A full-size .45 at $649 with 16+1 capacity, an integrated rail, and a nitride slide is a hard value to beat in 2026, and the omission of an optic cut will not matter to the duty and defense buyers Stoeger is actually targeting. For buyers comparing other recent NRAAM launches, see the Beretta 80X Cheetah Tactical (another Beretta Holding release this week) and the Magpul EHG RG380 for the LCP MAX. Availability and final street pricing will firm up as distributors start shipping in Q2 and Q3 2026.