Springfield Armorys New Hand Gun

**Slater** · 07-12-23, 18:45

Curious to see if it gets any traction in a market awash in polymer-framed striker fired 9mm's. Some seem to drop off the radar fairly quickly (Walther PPX/Creed, Ruger American Pistol, etc.).

**recon** · 07-12-23, 19:27

Originally Posted by Sam

Brownells and Palmetto's price is $640, Bud's price is $600.

KYGUNCO-$589.99-Free shipping.

https://www.kygunco.com/product/2342...ield%20Echelon

**ViniVidivici** · 07-13-23, 00:33

That price point's not helping at ALL....

**markm** · 07-13-23, 08:56

Originally Posted by ViniVidivici

That price point's not helping at ALL....

Yeah. You can get a well known/proven striker fired gun for that money. They should squeeze a slice of the market on price for a period, then raise it if they get a following.

**Sooter76** · 07-14-23, 19:37

Originally Posted by markm

Absolutely nothing innovative, and MORE investment in the NON-standard, SHITTY Optics mounting methods.

Might be a decent pistol, but just some more "meh" at first glance

…Wut!?

**Sooter76** · 07-14-23, 19:45

Originally Posted by Pappabear

…why would you buy this gun over a VP9, or G19 or one of those cheap C2 Stacatto's I am so fond of carrying.

PB

Because on paper it’s nearly perfect. Low bore axis, stippling everywhere you’d want it with accelerator thumb pads, night sights out of the box, direct RDS mount to the slide, adjustable grip with back straps, and deep serrations… I’m sure once it was in my hands I’d find something to modify, but on paper it’s basically everything I’d want out of the box.

**.45fan** · 07-14-23, 20:17

Even if there were one footprint for optics, cheap sell out gun owners would still whine about it.

The shop that does my milling doesn't have issues with fasteners because they mill bosses into the slide then use larger fasteners.
The problem is the cheapskate gun owners won't pay for good work.

I've been using RDS on guns since 2015 and I laugh at all the posts of cheap asses buying Chinese garbage then whining even more when the trash breaks. Then the bitching about the mounting is also hilarious.

There are numerous different cuts because gun owners are cheap, they want one slide to fit 37 different optics yet aren't bright enough to realize the one size fits all is just like a hooker the day after the Superbowl, all that slop with no bosses means the fasteners are taking the hit.