Full Conceal, Inc. is apparently filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, court records indicate. The company website is also blank, and even though they are still visible on social media outlets, Full Conceal hasn’t been active for several months.
Full Conceal developed a number of different gun mods that took the concept of flexibility to a new level. Guns with the Full Conceal treatment fold in half at the grip, storing the magazine side-by-side with the slide and truncated frame, collapsing a full-size gun into a pocket-size package.
They also produced pistol-based folding personal defense weapons and even smaller pocketable compacts and sub-compacts. Their firearms are modified service pistols, using popular guns like the Glock 17 and 19 and the SIG Sauer P320.
The modifications aren’t inexpensive, typically costing buyers a few hundred dollars more than the original pistols. It was a novel concept, but it might have drifted too close to novelty for some.
One of the earliest showings of the Full Conceal concept was at SHOT Show in 2017, and their designs improved quickly from then to 2020, at which point they had a very well-developed product. But 2020 has been an intense year for the gun industry, and consumer demand for practical firearms has been off the charts.
These are only initial findings and there could be a lot more happening behind the scenes for Full Conceal. It may be too early to draw conclusions based on a single filing.
The bankruptcy filing was registered on Oct. 13 of this year.
We’ve reached out to Full Conceal for comment and are awaiting a response.
just ran across one of these this morning on my local mewe selling /trading groups. fascinating to say the least.
while i don’t want to pay that guys asking price, if i had a G19 i would luv to buy an aluminum frame to augment my own pistol.
I have a M3D-AL (#93), a replacement after the first’s front rails sheared off, but I was using a gen5 G45 upper. The setup is great for concealing a full size gun, and size helps in decreasing printing; higher cap, easier to conceal, more comfortable to shoot. Not my SHTF primary but it’s so comfortable w/ IWB leather holster I forget it’s there (all day; I just had to hand-confirm I have it on). Re: footprint, even if it’s seen it just looks like a phone/phablet pouch; even a g26 still prints grip edge, but half capacity, shorter sight radius, smaller grip/hold.
Customer service was horrible, waited 9mo for 1st frame and about same for replacement, having to nag every week or two to little avail. Owner eventually called me directly re: replacement and was nice enough, but seemed to write off the market/economy and societal situation re: covid. He offered their new polymer lower (not yet released) but I would have had to get a new slide and wait (forever?); they had a backup M3D-AL from demo / shot show or something but stopped making them because, per owner, couldn’t make a profit on them.
Overall perfect for niche purposes, but not for everyone or all situations. If nothing else, what other gun could theoretically be supressed with 33rds and only have the footprint of a hoagie/sub?
I haven’t been able to find much on long-term reliability from other customers, but my replacement is solid so far. Will be interesting to see value as collectible, would love to know total # produced. Definitely a talking piece with friends, generally positive but if I hadn’t been able to build for under $600 I don’t think I would have gotten started. Glad I’m not left hanging like so many others who pre-ordered.
Side-note: how much of this could be tied to Polymer 80s?
Never really saw the point other than being “novel”. Glock makes some small pistols…hell get a Sig P365…no folding needed…
I hate to see a company go bankrupt, you have to admit they had a very interesting idea, but a glock 26 can disappear in your pocket. I like the idea, but I just feel bad they put all their eggs in one basket. If they would’ve made folding rifles that can fit in a backpack better than kel-tec they wouldn’t have had to claim bankruptcy.
Like other folks, I’m not surprised to hear this news. My condolences to to anyone who is out of a job as a result though.
Reading about each one of the versions of this concept the company released, I’d try to imagine some use I might have for it. Never came up with anything.
If nothing else, here’s to creative thinking. This was one hell of a creatively weird idea…
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT I’VE HEARD OF THIS TYPE OF GUN. THEIR MARKETING WAS A FAILURE! WHEN NEEDED IT WOULD TAKE TO LONG TO ERECT.
Not really. It’s pretty quick from what I’ve seen.
No surprise… At the end of the day, this was a solution in search of a problem. There are already plenty of subcompact pistols available that are even smaller than folded Glocks. That, combined with a high price tag that people simply weren’t ready to pay, contributed to an easily foreseeable demise in the company.
Not with 21 rounds of 9mm in the first magazine…
I’m all for American small business’ and gold old fashioned American creativity and ingenuity, (ALMOST) all things 2nd amendment related…….
But good riddance! You’ve got to be pretty Fμ©ktarded to think that this was a good idea!
Glocks are not supposed to break in half. Glocls are not supposed to fold in half. Glocks are designed to shoot, which cannot be done when it is folded in half. Glocks are handguns, which are concealable. You do not need to fold it in half to make it more concealable.
It’s shitty people like you that we have to thank for keltec and warning labels on coffee cups.
This is a great concept and the pistols work just like a Glock is supposed to, allowing 20+ magazines to be carried in a pocket, for great concealability!
I oray they come out of Bankruptcy to continue!
They don’t fire when they are folded. You wouldn’t know, because obviously you have not tried one. When it’s unfolded you’d never know it was modified. I have two, and it is unfortunate they have filed for bankruptcy. On the other hand, I see the value just went up. Lucky me.
No suprise there, it wasn’t a better mouse trap. I think it’s innovative that they could build it but it added another deterent in employment and possibly reliability. Never laid hands or eyes on one.
So how do you know it wasn’t a better mousetrap? You never laid eyes or hands on one…