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The XM9 program name had not yet been assigned when these tests took place. The first round of these handgun tests occurred in 1979-1980 at [[Eglin Air Force Base]] in Northwestern [[Florida]].<ref>''Army R, D & A. Volume 22, Number 1;'' "JSSAP management committee[...] coordinated their service inputs. This study was {{sic|comprised |hide=y|of}} two principal parts, the first being the on-going Air Force Evaluation of handguns which was being conducted at Elgin Air Force Base, FL, in which various model 9mm pistols were evaluated against the M1911A1's and M15 .38 cal revolvers. The second part of the study considered a review of compilation of all existing historical reports and studies relative to pistols, hand-guns and their performance."</ref>
The eight pistols that were entered
*{{flagicon|ITA}}: [[Beretta]] entered their [[Beretta 92|Beretta 92S-1]], which would be considered the best entry of the 1979-1980 trials. In the 1984 trials, Beretta would submit 92S-1's successor, the 92SB-F (later renamed to 92F), which would be chosen and adopted as the [[M9 pistol]] in January 1985.
*{{flagicon|BEL}}: [[FN Herstal]] submitted two entries, the [[Browning Hi-Power|FN Browning M1935 High Power]] and the '''FN Browning Fast Action''', a special double-action version of the M1935 Hi-Power.
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