5/26/2023 0 Comments Micro snitch review![]() Have you noticed what isn’t on the Hellcat? That’s right, this is the first striker-fired Springfield pistol with no grip safety. The rear metal sight isn’t ramped so you can use it to rack the slide on a hard surface (a tactical rack) if you have to accomplish it one-handed for any reason. If you run your Hellcat OSP with an optic mounted, that will serve as a good handhold. They’re relatively shallow, both front and back, and if your hands are wet or sweaty, there’s a good chance your grip could slip when racking the slide. The problem is the serrations just aren’t aggressive enough. The Hellcat micro-compact 9mm has front and rear slide serrations and a standard accessory rail. Springfield puts them fore and aft and even extended the serrations over the top of the slide at the rear “for positive engagement in adverse conditions,” as they say in the marketing materials. Just about my only real complaint with the Hellcat’s design is the slide serrations. ![]() Springfield treated the Hellcat with a Melonite finish. It also co-witnesses perfectly with the RMSc optic. It features a tritium vial surrounded by a day-glo rim that’s easily visible in almost any light. ![]() On the business end, Springfield mounted an Ameriglo Pro-Glo high visibility tritium night sight. The Hellcat features a luminescent front sight. The rear is a drift-adjustable metal U-notch outlined in white. Whether you buy the standard or OSP model, the Hellcat sports an excellent set of sights, what Springfield calls their U-Dot sights. The Hellcat’s rear sight is a U-notch that frames the front night sight. It also, however, adds a half inch in length so won’t conceal quite as easily. The extended magazine not only gives you two more rounds, but a full-fisted grip as well. Hellcat with the 13 round extended magazine gives a full three-finger grip (Dan Z for TTAG). Springfield includes a pinky extension that you can add to the 11-round magazine to catch that dangling digit if you wish. ![]() If you want ultimate concealability, the flush mag is the way to go, though that makes the Hellcat a two-finger gun. With the 11-round flush magazine, the Hellcat is a two-finger pistol. The new Hellcat 9mm handgun comes with two magazines an 11-round flush-fit magazine and an extended mag that packs a lucky 13 rounds. The RMSc red dot co-witnesses nicely with the Hellcat’s standard U-Dot night sights (more on those later). If you have the OSP and you want to add a reflex site to your Hellcat down the road, it’s ready for the RMSc or similar mini reflex sight. It’s only $30 MSRP more than the standard model and a lot less expensive than getting your slide milled later. ![]() I’m not someone who likes to tote a concealed carry gun with a red dot, but if you are - or even you think you might be - you should opt for the OSP model. We got the OSP model with an excellent Shield RMSc sight pre-mounted ( see Jeremy’s review of the Shield RMS here). The only difference is the OSP has a slide cut for a micro red dot. The striker-fired Hellcat has been introduced with two models a standard configuration and one Springfield calls the OSP for Optical Sight Pistol. Read our post comparing the Hellcat and the P365 here.įor now, suffice it to say that the new Springfield Armory Hellcat does everything the SIG P365 does (and gives you one more round while doing it). The SIG P365 and the Springfield Hellcat OSP (Jeremy S for TTAG)īut that’s all until the head-to-head comparison post later this week. Here’s one photo of the two of them together. ![]()
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