Springfield Echelon Pro Review: Worth the Upgrade?
Springfield Echelon Pro Review: Worth the Upgrade?. Tactical Advisor tests the new Springfield Echelon Pro with metal magazine well, laser-cut grip texture, and improved sights. Is it worth upgrading from the { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://greyhive.com#organization", "name": "Greyhive", "url": "https://greyhive.com", "description": "Greyhive is a censorship-resistant video platform for the firearms, 2A, hunting, and outdoor industries — where creators build, review, and monetize unfiltered content.", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://greyhive.com/static/uploads/images/ae198483-01c9-44b4-a16a-03f516ceaf66.svg", "width": 512, "height": 512 }, "sameAs": [ "https://x.com/greyhive", "https://www.instagram.com/greyhive/", "https://www.youtube.com/@Greyhive", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/greyhive/" ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://greyhive.com#website", "url": "https://greyhive.com", "name": "Greyhive", "description": "Greyhive is a censorship-resistant video platform for the firearms, 2A, hunting, and outdoor industries — where creators build, review, and monetize unfiltered content.", "publisher": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com#organization" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://greyhive.com/c/tactical_advisor#person", "name": "Tactical Advisor", "url": "https://greyhive.com/c/tactical_advisor", "description": "Tactical Advisor is a Greyhive creator producing original 2A, firearms, hunting, and outdoor content.", "image": "https://greyhive.com/lazy-static/avatars/ae887004-ca3b-4429-a454-d8e4da1facb8.jpg" }, { "@type": "Article", "@id": "https://greyhive.com/blog/springfield-echelon-pro-review-upgrade#article", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com#website" }, "mainEntityOfPage": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com/blog/springfield-echelon-pro-review-upgrade" }, "url": "https://greyhive.com/blog/springfield-echelon-pro-review-upgrade", "headline": "Springfield Echelon Pro Review: Worth the Upgrade?", "name": "Springfield Echelon Pro Review: Worth the Upgrade?", "description": "Tactical Advisor tests the new Springfield Echelon Pro with metal magazine well, laser-cut grip texture, and improved sights. Is it worth upgrading from the", "articleSection": "Gun Reviews", "articleBody": "The Springfield Echelon Pro is an upgraded version of the standard Echelon that adds a laser-cut grip texture, a metal magazine well, a machined metal guide rod, a dark gray slide coating, and revised sights with an orange tritium front. In his first-look review on Greyhive, Chris from Tactical Advisor put 300 rounds through it with zero malfunctions and answered the question most Echelon owners are actually asking: is the Pro worth buying if you already own the original? The short version from Tactical Advisor — who says he owns roughly seven Echelons at this point because he buys one of every new variant for testing — is that the Pro is a genuinely better gun than the base model, but not a better gun by enough to justify selling an Echelon you already shoot well. If you're buying your first one, buy the Pro. If you already own one, keep your money. There's one exception to the praise, and it's the part of the review where the tone changes: the Pro ships with only one set of optic mounting pins, and Springfield will happily sell you the rest. Key Takeaways Tactical Advisor fired 300 rounds through the Echelon Pro with zero malfunctions using the same defensive loads the channel always runs. The Pro adds a non-flexing metal magwell, a machined metal guide rod, laser-cut side grip texture, a dark gray slide coating, and a black serrated rear sight with an orange tritium front. …