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THE ECHELON MARCHES ON

Handguns Feb. / March '25 Issue

The folks at Springfield Armory are good at a lot of things. Resting on their laurels is not one of them. In the space of about two years, the company has introduced the double-stack Prodigy, refreshed the well-respected TRP, developed the AOS sight system for 1911s and, oh yeah, reimagined its polymer-frame striker-fired pistol with the Echelon. And that’s just on the handgun side of the business. Trying to keep up with them is enough to give a magazine editor fits.

One of the things Springfield is good at—aside from designing solid, dependable firearms—is building out a product line, and that’s what it has done with the new Echelon 4.0C. If you’re keeping score at home, the original Echelon was just called the Echelon. With the introduction of the Echelon 4.0C comes a new naming convention: a number corresponding to barrel length and a letter for size. So the Echelon 4.0C is a four-inch compact while the original model is now the Echelon 4.5FS, a 4.5-inch full size pistol. 

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CUTTING-EDGE CARBON

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BODYGUARD REDUX

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