Back in the early 2000s, tech companies raced each other to the top in seeing who could create the smallest cellphone. You had phones that slid open, flipped open, had tiny mechanical keyboards and stamp-size screens, all while boasting the latest features packed into an ever-shrinking package. Then, consumer priorities changed, and now, companies are creating seemingly ever-bigger smartphones, many of which struggle to fit into the front pocket of your average jeans.
In some ways, the firearm market is undergoing the same evolutionary change in terms of compact, concealed-carry guns. For the past few years, many major firearm makers have been competing to see who can get as many rounds as possible into an ever-shrinking package. While that’s paid dividends to shooters in the way of highly capable defensive platforms that are easy to carry every day, such efforts belie the fact that, for literally decades before the advent of the micro-compact, many armed citizens carried larger self-defense guns quite comfortably on a regular basis. For those folks who don’t mind having a little extra to conceal in the way of weight and dimensions, Springfield Armory’s new Hellcat Pro incorporates the best innovations of the micro-compact concept into a package that, while still easily concealable, is larger than the new guns we’ve seen in the last few years…
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