There were only three brand-new, hitherto unseen pistol designs in the mix. Those included the FN 503 and the Beretta APX Carry, which were very similar in style, capacity and form factor. The third was Springfield Armory’s high-capacity, micro-compact Hellcat, which caused a good bit of buzz with its release.
Right behind it, the Springfield Armory Hellcat received a lot of praise as well. Positive comments like “Awesome value,” “Great capacity for size,” “Love the flat trigger,” and “Nice controls” were the norm—also with no real complaints. Addison said he preferred a fiber-optic sight but I like the high-visibility yellow sight with the tritium insert that was installed on our review pistol. It’s a subjective preference, but you can get either option on the Hellcat as well as the OSP model for a micro red-dot sight.
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