2K Rounds & 6 Months with the Hellcat Professional :: Weapons.com

• Capability: 15+1
• Set off Pull: 5.5 kilos (10-pull common)
• Weight: 21 ounces with an empty 15-round magazine
• Barrel Size: 3.7 inches, 1:10 twist
• Total Size: 6.6 inches
• Peak: 4.8 inches
• Width: 1 inch

The entire Hellcat Professional fashions launched prior to now two years (the corporate markets them in a number of finishes in addition to black and FDE to incorporate Platinum, Robin’s Egg, and Burnt Bronze two-tones) are in what Springfield classifies as an OSP, or an Optical Sight Pistol, which implies they arrive with a factory-milled slide for micro pink dots.

The set off on the Hellcat Professional is not drop-dead wonderful. In spite of everything, it’s a mass-produced striker-fired pistol, nevertheless it breaks flatly and predictably after a brief take-up.
 

Take a look at that set off in motion. Be aware the brief reset (and forgive the soiled paws):
 

All through greater than a dozen vary classes prior to now six months, I’ve run over 2,000 rounds by way of the Hellcat and haven’t documented a malfunction that was the fault of the gun. In different phrases, even the 2 or three stoppages I encountered had been because of person errors comparable to not totally seating the magazine.
 

The Hellcat Professional, whereas not an Olympic match pistol, is by all means greater than correct sufficient for private safety wants. The mix of the well-thought-out ergonomics – I really like the grip – first rate set off, and nice sights permit it to ship.
 
The pistol is definitely recoverable and holds on track properly, even with full-house self-defense masses.
 

 

Over the previous six months, I’ve in all probability put 700 hours of damage on the Hellcat Professional, alternating between two belt holsters, and have discovered the Hellcat Professional simple to hold.
 

Professionals

• Good flush-fit journal capability
• Nice sights
• Optics-ready
• Glorious ergonomics
• Good aftermarket help (e.g., holster, optics, sight choices)
• Dependable

 
Cons

• The set off could possibly be higher.
• The slide catch is awkward to function.

In full disclosure, I had no overwhelming need to assessment the Hellcat or Hellcat Professional, however Springfield despatched this one to me for T&E on a 60-day mortgage. After the 60 days had been up and so they wished it again, I went forward and purchased it, because it received me over – a little “9mm that might,” so to talk.

It delivered on the vary by way of being a reliable pistol; there are holsters extensively out there for it that I like; and the gun simply feels nice within the hand. I will admit that I had not been open-minded to the Hellcat sequence at first, seeing it as an also-ran when stacked towards the P365, however I can now vouch for it being an honest possibility for these on the lookout for an EDC piece.
 
I carry it.