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Springfield’s Hellcat Pro has been obtainable for over a yr however was restricted to a (very respectable) 15-round journal capability throughout that point. Lastly, molds are damaged with the discharge of 17-round Hellcat Professional prolonged magazines. It’s possible you’ll suppose {that a} carry gun can’t be small and concealable with the identical capability as a full-sized Glock 17, however you’d be improper. As a result of the Hellcat Professional has such a slim profile, even skinny guys like me are in a position to carry this compact handgun with a full-sized journal capability with out printing.
About The Hellcat Professional
The Hellcat Professional is out there in a number of packages that adjust from low journal capability choices for these in overbearing states to threaded fashions or choices that include put in optics. Nonetheless, the Hellcat Professional offers inexpensive safety with its worth vary of $649 to $859 MSRP. At GunsAmerica, we have now already examined the Hellcat Professional OSP and you may learn the complete article right here. For the remainder of you, I’ll share the highlights of this pistol.
Before everything, the Hellcat Professional is the optimum stability of concealability and performance. With a slide size of 6.6″, a peak of 4.8″ (with flush becoming journal), and a width of just one″, the Hellcat Professional stays small whereas offering a big sufficient platform to keep up good shootability. As a result of, let’s face it, everyone knows that there’s such a factor as too small.
Not solely is it small, however we discover this gun to be extremely dependable and correct. This handgun has many user-friendly options that make capturing a terrific expertise. These options embody some implausible grip texture that isn’t overly aggressive however offers correct grip, a textured “gasoline pedal” within the body, the wonderful Springfield Armory Gen 2 set off, loaded chamber indicator, tritium U-dot sights, and a Protect RMSc footprint optic mounting minimize. This solely brushes the floor.
Prolonged Journal Specs
- 0.5″ extension (in comparison with flush-fit)
- 0.8″ broad
- 17-round journal capability (9mm)
- chrome steel physique with polymer floorplate
- obtainable in FDE or black extensions
- obtainable within the Springfield Armory on-line retailer
- $42.99 MSRP
Comparisons
The brand new Hellcat Pro 17-round prolonged journal is roughly the identical size as a 17-round Glock 17 journal, however it boasts a slimmer profile that’s appropriate for a hid carry gun. Additionally, the prolonged 17-round Hellcat journal is roughly a half-inch longer than the unique 15-round Hellcat flush-fitting journal. Now to check this gun to the older iterations of compact handguns such because the oh-so-popular Smith and Wesson Protect that are practically the identical peak, width, and size. On this comparability, the Hellcat Professional offers 8 extra rounds with its flush-fitting 15-round journal.
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That is practically DOUBLE the journal capability of this outdated tried and true normal. Now think about this comparability of the 7-round Protect to the marginally bigger 17-round prolonged journal of the Hellcat Professional. The man that carries the Protect must carry two weapons, or an additional journal, and would nonetheless have fewer rounds obtainable to placed on goal (or the risk) than the sensible hid provider that’s packing the Hellcat Professional with the brand new 17-round journal.
Hellcat Professional Prolonged Magazines DON’T Evaluate
Despite the fact that I beforehand in contrast the Glock 17 to the Hellcat Professional because of the related journal capability of the brand new prolonged Hellcat Professional journal, there isn’t a cheap comparability outdoors of this to be drawn between this full-sized Glock and the compact Hellcat Professional. This Glock is way bigger in each dimension and can be seen utilized in a 3-gun match, or different competitors setting, attributable to this. Though, I suppose you would shoot the Hellcat Professional in a contest and be on even footing with the journal capability that the Glock shooter has… If anybody does this, please let me know the way it goes!
Operate
As might be anticipated, these new prolonged magazines from Springfield perform flawlessly within the Hellcat Pro. I went to the vary and fired some low-cost 147 and 115 grain Blazer Brass and by no means had any kind of problem. The one factor that I discovered attention-grabbing about these magazines was the unimaginable spring stress that they make the most of. I’m no stranger to packing mags, however loading rounds 15-17 was a feat of pure energy and willpower. Fortunately, Springfield exhibits some self-awareness and features a magazine-loading instrument with this gun and I’m not ashamed to say that I used it.
The very last thing that I observed whereas on the vary was the convenience at which these magazines dropped free from the magwell. I attribute this to the journal being polished metallic and the magwell being a reasonably slippery polymer. When swapping magazines rapidly, I didn’t must flip the gun to fling the journal out as a result of the magazine would eject underneath the stress that the follower placed on the slide. This friction-free match is a fascinating high quality in a gun that you could be very nicely be doing magazine modifications underneath essentially the most intense circumstances.
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