Caanuride
Operator
First let me say, while I have only been shooting a little over 4 years, I have immersed myself in handguns, so while I don't know it all, I'm not a novice at this point. I have an array of Springfield pistols, all which I absolutely love and shoot very well. I bought a Hellcat at the beginning of last year (2021) and it was no different. Felt great in my hand and I shot it well from the start. I liked it so much that I decided I was going to buy a second Hellcat and this time, one that is optic ready one so I could learn how to shoot with a red dot. I got that 2nd Hellcat late January. I took it to the range a couple weeks later to run the first 100 through it. I was hugely disappointed that I could not be consistant in my groupings with this gun. It felt like the trigger was much stiffer and just heavier than my first Hellcat. I thought, it will loosen up as I get shooting here....by the time I get through 100 rounds, surely it will improve. Well, better never came. When I came home, I quickly got out my trigger pull sale (not digital) and measured about 5 pulls. All of them were 8 lbs or better. I pulled out my first hellcat and measured it's trigger pull. Of 3 pulls, they were all at or very closely to 6 pounds.
I called Springfield the next morning. Spoke with customer service, explained my concern and asked if an 8 pound trigger pull was in spec. He said it was not and quickly made arrangements for me to ship the pistol back to Springfield.
Today I received an email from Springfield with an attached invoice stating the pistol had been inspected and they made no changes/improvements. They said the trigger pull was 7.5 pounds and was within tolerance for that pistol.
I am super frustrated. I'm not sure what everyone else deems as adequate, but this trigger pull is too heavy to be consistantly accurate for me. I will not carry something that I do not have complete confidence that I can shoot it well, and this is not it. I know most self defense situations occur in a close enough proximity that accuracy is pretty simple, but I try to keep myself as prepared as possible. I also am involved with church security, so I want to be confident with my carry gun, that God forbid a situation arise in a church setting, I could handle my firearm with confidence.
I am not looking to have a competition style trigger pull. As I mentioned, my other Hellcat has a 6 pound pull and I am accurate and confident with that. I am looking for at least those same results. Since Springfield deems this as acceptable, I am thinking I have 3 options. 1. Sell the Hellcat and take my losses. 2. Have a PRP trigger kit installed. 3. Have an Apex trigger installed. I have had really good luck with PRP kits in my xd mod 2's. I have had really good results with Apex in my S&W shield. There are more springs in the PRP kit and of course, a higher price tag. If I keep this Hellcat, I really need trigger improvement. If it becomes a 1,000 dollar Hellcat (trigger kit, labor, optic), it had better shoot like one!!! Or should I take my losses and learn to shoot dots on another pistol and continue to happily carry my non-optic ready Hellcat.
If you have put in a PRP Hellcat trigger kit or the Apex trigger kit, I want to hear from you. I just doubt most other hellcats started with a 7.5/8 pound trigger.
Do you think Springfield's response was acceptable? I would have though they would have done SOMETHING to to improve the trigger. At least to justify the shipping expense! What would you do?
I called Springfield the next morning. Spoke with customer service, explained my concern and asked if an 8 pound trigger pull was in spec. He said it was not and quickly made arrangements for me to ship the pistol back to Springfield.
Today I received an email from Springfield with an attached invoice stating the pistol had been inspected and they made no changes/improvements. They said the trigger pull was 7.5 pounds and was within tolerance for that pistol.
I am super frustrated. I'm not sure what everyone else deems as adequate, but this trigger pull is too heavy to be consistantly accurate for me. I will not carry something that I do not have complete confidence that I can shoot it well, and this is not it. I know most self defense situations occur in a close enough proximity that accuracy is pretty simple, but I try to keep myself as prepared as possible. I also am involved with church security, so I want to be confident with my carry gun, that God forbid a situation arise in a church setting, I could handle my firearm with confidence.
I am not looking to have a competition style trigger pull. As I mentioned, my other Hellcat has a 6 pound pull and I am accurate and confident with that. I am looking for at least those same results. Since Springfield deems this as acceptable, I am thinking I have 3 options. 1. Sell the Hellcat and take my losses. 2. Have a PRP trigger kit installed. 3. Have an Apex trigger installed. I have had really good luck with PRP kits in my xd mod 2's. I have had really good results with Apex in my S&W shield. There are more springs in the PRP kit and of course, a higher price tag. If I keep this Hellcat, I really need trigger improvement. If it becomes a 1,000 dollar Hellcat (trigger kit, labor, optic), it had better shoot like one!!! Or should I take my losses and learn to shoot dots on another pistol and continue to happily carry my non-optic ready Hellcat.
If you have put in a PRP Hellcat trigger kit or the Apex trigger kit, I want to hear from you. I just doubt most other hellcats started with a 7.5/8 pound trigger.
Do you think Springfield's response was acceptable? I would have though they would have done SOMETHING to to improve the trigger. At least to justify the shipping expense! What would you do?
