If you've noticed SA tease a new July 12th product launch, it's for their new handgun dubbed, the Echelon.



I'm generally not a fan of SA, but the Echelon appears to be Springfield's attempt at incorporating all the most frequently requested features in a striker fired gun. It's as if SA had a team research internet gun forums & boards to determine what to put on a new gun; hence, we get:

• a Glock-ish low bore axis slide w/ deep F&R serrations
  
• VP9-ish slide charging ears
  
• P320 style FCU & modularity
  
• direct mount for RMR pattern optics & co-witness iron sights
  
• flat-faced trigger
  
• trigger guard w/ double undercut
  
• Pic rail, interchangeable backstraps, etc

I am disappointed there's no "Grip Zone" to tell me where to hold.

It's made in Croatia, so I'd be surprised if it isn't as reasonably priced as their Hellcat & XD lines are vs their competition.

Reminds me a lot of Shadow Systems. I’m guessing they won’t be very happy about that.

Still made in Croatia like XD
I thought they might have been going in house.

Buds had XDm Elite marked way down last week but not this.

Why is everything being shown with a RDS and searchlight?

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Originally posted by Jim Watson:
Why is everything being shown with a RDS and searchlight?

Because it’s not 2005 anymore.

Is it actually a Glock clone or something different?

Ha! Even SA, Inc bought a Glock.

It doesn't even have a Grip Zone

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Originally posted by Jim Watson:
Why is everything being shown with a RDS and searchlight?

As we get older, the chances of tumor formation increase...

Looks like the XD actually got uglier, again.

I won't hate on it until I try it. Pure speculation based on the shape of the grip I'll probably like it better than the XD line, but doubt it'll be replacing my P320s.

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Originally posted by 92fstech:
...hate on it...

Please avoid this ghetto expression in this forum. It should never appear in this forum.

It's basically a scaled up Hellcat.

Understood.

I like the knife and sheath in the OP’s pic — who makes that? It looks like a horizontal carry.

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Originally posted by 92fstech:
...Pure speculation based on the shape of the grip I'll probably like it better than the XD line...

Any grips will be better than the XD grip.

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Any grips will be better than the XD grip.

Couldn't agree more!

Aside from the takedown lever, it otherwise has the Glock clone aura down pat.

Looks like it has a “trigger pack” in looking at the inset Genesco marking just in front of the slide lock.

It has that darn trigger dingus, I'm out.

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Originally posted by Johnny 3eagles:
It has that darn trigger dingus...

All Glocks do.

That dingus saves lives.

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Originally posted by cslinger:
Looks like it has a “trigger pack” in looking at the inset Genesco marking just in front of the slide lock.

"P320 style FCU & modularity"

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Originally posted by parabellum:

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Originally posted by Johnny 3eagles:
It has that darn trigger dingus...

All Glocks do.

That dingus saves lives.

A trigger dingus on the P320 would have saved Sig a fuckton of headaches. I'll bet the costs of voluntary upgrades and litigation have far exceeded what it would have cost to license the tabbed trigger design or whatever it was that held them back.