Springfield Hellcat Pro Comp OSP Review: Best Comped Carry?

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0:05 Hey everybody, welcome back to the channel. Today on the table we have a Springfield Armory Hellcat Pro Comp. Let’s check this one out.

1:04 Alright, let’s go ahead and check out the Springfield here. It does come with two mags. It does come with stainless steel. One is a 15-round mag and the other is a 17-round mag which does have a slight extension on the grip — maybe if you have larger hands. Although my hand does fit just fine with the flush fit 15 rounds, like so. But you do have the option there for extra capacity if you wish, which is always a good thing.

1:37 Alright, so let’s just eject that mag. As I say, stainless steel — nice mags. Set those to the side. Let’s just start at the grip here. Obviously there’s the mag well. You have your grip texturing here. It’s pretty nice grip texture. I have no complaints with that.

1:53 Somebody mentioned it’s kind of the same as the Springfield Prodigy but I can’t confirm that. But overall the grip texturing is not bad — it’s pretty grippy, not too shabby at all. It does have some slight finger grooves right here so they’re not obnoxious in any kind of way. So it does feel pretty comfortable in the hand.

2:09 I haven’t reviewed the original Hellcat so this is the first Hellcat I’ve really got my hands on to really play with.

2:17 Moving on up to the mag release — it does sit really flush in there but it works really, really well. It’s really easy to eject. All things considered, and I do believe it is ambidextrous. But you can see here it’s really flush in there but really easy to eject. Nicely done.

2:31 You do have a trigger cut out under the trigger guard right here so you can get a nice high grip on there. And you do have obviously kind of a beaver tail back here. Obviously the frame is polymer — just kind of your typical polymer frame and steel slide. Kind of your standard gun nowadays.

2:55 So you have your trigger guard right here and then you have your trigger. No external safety — the safety is on your trigger right here, which I am a fan of. I’m not a big fan of external safeties on my carry guns. That is just me though.

3:03 The trigger — let’s go over that real fast. The trigger is kind of heavy, which is not a bad thing for a defensive gun, but you’re looking anywhere between 6 and 7 lb. You’ve got your initial takeup and it feels like you’re at the wall but you’re actually not. There’s some pretty noticeable creep here and then you have your break.

3:20 Feels pretty decent. It’s got a little notch in the back here so there’s no overtravel. Reset is forceful. It’s a little long and it is tactile and audible as you heard there. Not a bad trigger. As I say, it’s a self-defense trigger. I’m just pointing out how the trigger feels so you know what you’re going to get.

3:36 That break is pretty heavy and as I say it’s got a little bit of creep in there. You do have a Pic rail on here so you can add lights if you wish.

3:43 Moving on up you’ve got your slide lock / slide release and again it sits very flush to the frame so it’s kind of that snag resistant, just like your mag release right here. So very nice. A little more grip texturing right here for your thumb and then kind of an index point for your thumb on this side and your index finger on this side.

4:07 Slide take down pin — we’ll go over that in just a little bit. Moving on up to the slide you’ve got some serrations front and back. They’re not super aggressive but they do work pretty well. And again if this is a concealed carry gun you might not want these super chunky. For me you could do with maybe just being a little more grippy, a little more aggressive, but they do work just fine.

4:31 You can see it’s got the Hellcat on here and “Pro” Hellcat Pro. Moving to the back here you’ll notice it’s got some high-viz sights. At least the front is — you’ve got that yellow high-viz tritium sight in here with the high-viz yellow around it. Works really well.

4:48 Not a massive fan of the U-shaped sight at the back here but I do like this high-viz sight. It was easy to pick up when I was shooting. You do have an optics cut right here — that’s for the RMSc / Shield cut so optics ready.

4:56 And you do have a loaded round indicator so if you put a round in the chamber you’ll be able to see the brass or your steel case sitting in there so you do know that your gun is loaded. Or obviously you can just press check but that’s where you’ll be able to check.

5:13 Springfield Armory logo etched in right here so the branding is really minimalistic which I do like. It’s engraved, not painted or colored in any kind of way. More engraving on the top but it’s very, very minimalistic.

5:28 And then you come to what this gun is obviously known for — you have your comp. So it’s built right into the slide and the barrel.

5:35 It worked pretty well. We’ll go over shooting it in just a minute here. This is a 3.7″ — I can’t remember the exact length of the barrel. It’s a cold hammer forged barrel and it is comped as I said.

5:58 Now I did take it — I just want to show you a comparison to the Glock 43X to give you the overall size comparison. Essentially the comp just kind of adds on to the length of the 43X. Everything else is very similar in size as the 43X. So if you play with the 43X you’ll know the size of this with a flush fitting mag.

6:22 Alright, let’s go ahead and take this down. Just make sure you are unloaded for sure because you do need to pull the trigger in the process of taking this gun down.

6:30 Pull the slide back, lock it in position, and then you’ve got your lever right here. Typically a lot of times with a lever I’ve noticed on other guns you can push down on this side, but on this one you’re actually going to go to the left hand side and push up so it’s at the 12 o’clock position.

6:46 Let that slide forward. Now it’s going to be still stuck in place but from there you’re going to pull the trigger. This is why I said you obviously need to make sure as always that your gun is unloaded. Pull that trigger and your slide will come off.

7:00 So this is the internal of the frame. It comes with a captured guide rod — it’s double sprung as you can see here. And then here comes your barrel. Obviously I’ve been shooting this — I haven’t cleaned it yet. You can see where the comp isn’t cutting the barrel and it is a cold hammer forged barrel as I said.

7:23 Alright, let’s talk about shooting the gun. I put about my standard 300 rounds through it. No problems whatsoever. That slide feels pretty nice on there — it’s pretty smooth. I definitely noticed this trigger being heavy while shooting this gun and again it’s not necessarily a bad thing. It is a defensive gun but I was aware of how heavy that pull was.

7:41 But yeah, no problems whatsoever. How well does that comp work? Now I did take my 43X in just to try and compare it a little bit because obviously this one’s not comped and they’re roughly the same dimensions.

7:58 Can I tell that the comp is on this? Yes. Is it like mind-blowing “oh my gosh that’s so amazing”? No. Does it work? Sure, yeah absolutely. You definitely get a reduction in recoil. I felt recoil and so it’s not massive. I’m going to go with 20-25% max. Again it was noticeable but it didn’t blow my mind. Noticeable but it was still pretty good.

8:15 Overall, first time I shot a Springfield Hellcat Pro. Now a lot of people aren’t going to like the company for obvious reasons. However I’m not reviewing the company, I’m just reviewing the gun. So did I like it? Yes. Would I recommend it? Is it reliable for my short experience of using this gun? Yes. It’s a pretty solid gun.

8:39 Yeah I mean that’s all I’ve really got to say about it. So if you have any questions, any comments please ask them below. Happy to help out wherever I can and that’s it for me folks. Until next time.