 What's up guys and welcome back to the John and Q channel in today's video I'm pumped to bring you something new and exciting by Springfield Armory Springfield Armory is releasing their new Hellcat Pro with a 17 round magazine. So let's get into the box Let's unbox it and see what's inside and here it is a Springfield Armory Hellcat Pro Let's open it up and see what we get Obviously in our little pouch baggie we get the Hellcat Pro and then we have an accessories box right here Let's open this up and you get another magazine with a speed loader, which is pretty cool and Another magazine okay, that's actually pretty sweet because there's a 17 round or mag right plus a little bit And they're not made from polymer. All right, here's the Hellcat Pro Let's unzip a little bag and there it is nothing else is in the baggie. So let's toss the baggie in my trunk Springfield Armory did send this and they sent it out in the FDE color, which matches my play carrier And it comes with a 17 round mag can see right here on the top of the slide It is cut for an optic. So if you want to run an optic you definitely can I run hollow sons on mine But for this video, I won't run any optics I'm just gonna shoot it right out of the box with the iron sights and see how it shoots So let me go put some rounds in the magazine and start shooting all right I can't confirm it's 17 rounds total, but if you add one more you get 18 So I got 18 in the magazine so a total of 19 with the extended mag That's what Springfield was wanting to highlight the 17 round mag with the Hellcat Pro. All right first magazine Okay, we are locked and loaded. Let's do some first shots with it Oh man, my current distance from my steel target is about 20 yards So I'll be shooting from 20 yards just so you guys know all right. So here we go first first shots from the Hellcat Pro Oh, man, this feels really great already. All right got my sights Line up here we go Yeah, buddy Oh, baby, what oh wow that feels incredible Oh My gosh the Hellcat Pro with the 17 rounder It feeds in very nicely very smooth So far no malfunctions, which I would expect to be no malfunctions, which is a crate. Oh my gosh That is That feels amazing and then it is anybody else watching Oh Wow, okay first shots. Yes. Yes, very very impressed with the Hellcat Pro in the 17 round Okay, so yeah, I'm pumped I'm excited to shoot this Hellcat Pro with now the 17 round mag because it usually would ship out with the 15 rounds and You can get plus one so Technically right technically speaking now that you have a 17 round magazine you could put 18 rounds in this Everyday carry-size pistol. I do want to say the Hellcat Pro with the 17 round mag Does fit very well in my hands. I have I would say medium to large-sized hands and My hand completely hugs the Hellcat Pro. It doesn't overpower it. There's some room here There's room for my support hand to come through and aim and take that shot. So I Like that. It's not a big everyday carry. It's not an oversized gun. I like to mention aside from the grip It also has front and rear serrations That way if you need to you can reload from the front from the back That way you got ripped to hold on to which is nice You also have a rail on the bottom of the gun You can attach a light if you want and to be quite honest It just works well so far, right? These are the first shots This is what I'm gathering based on my data of shooting it in my first shot. So that being said, let's keep shooting it With the 17 round magazine Oh a little anticipation there. That's that's all me. That's all me I will say make sure you're feeding that magazine in there pretty heavily pretty strong just so it feeds through Right, it's a smaller gun. It's got a smaller magazine So they tend to not actuate and get up there and clip very well. Let's go over recoil management To be very honest. I feel very little recoil with the Hellcat pro That's just bottom line, right? And with most everyday carry guns You're gonna have more recoil. Why because it's a smaller barrel Gun there's gonna be more recoil. It's gonna be more snappy and what's the proper way of managing recoil proper technique As you saw there, I just anticipated that's on me. I got to train more But like I guess my tendency is to anticipate it's just natural means I got to shoot more trigger reset Okay, let's talk. Let's talk about the trigger reset. Here we go Simple simple it feels like it's home. It feels like it's an automatic trigger reset It feels like I don't have to work for it. It feels like I've been shooting this gun for a thousand rounds already The trigger isn't hard. It's not hard to reset. It's not stiff. It's smooth right out the box Now that's just me personally with this Hellcat. All right, it could be different for you. Let's try it again Okay, there's the trigger and let's see how much we have for give give give Okay, and then right there to see that mushiness that mushiness. There's that wall There's a take up of the wall and the machine is so not a whole lot of take up not a lot of mushiness Okay, and I got my finger on the trigger pulling back back wall wall wall wall wall wall wall Still some wall I'm taking my time by the way wall There it is and that reset it's crisp. It's clean. You know that it actuates. You know that it resets Along with the optic you do get a front night sight and the classic Kind of u-shape or shoe-shaped rear sight that Springfield Armory offers bodies made from polymer and Man, it's just easy to hold this texture is very similar to the new echelon that Springfield Armory just released There's texture along the grip beneath the slide and kind of where your support thumb would be that texture does help grip Your overall support hand and your overall foreman grip. I mean, it's been smooth easy to shoot no malfunctions. All right Let's keep shooting Okay, so I got my first shots through the Hellcat Pro with the 17 round mag What do you guys think is the Hellcat Pro with the 17 round mag? You guys gonna pick it up or not? Let me know down in the comments below my overall take Great solid everyday carry 17 round mag even better. So yes, this is going to be a go-to for my everyday carry rotation So if you guys do want to pick up the Hellcat Pro with the 17 round magazine It'll be linked down below in the description as always guys I'm gonna thank you so much for watching. Thanks for liking and subscribing to the channel And as always I'll catch you in the next Johnny Q video. Peace. Okay. Let's let's do some more Oh, yeah. Okay. Here we go. Last couple of shots. Oh Oh, yeah, gotta love it love it