Small Gun, Big Surprise — Springfield Hellcat .380 | Monday Gun Day

Welcome back to Monday Gun Day!
Today Miles takes the brand new Springfield Hellcat .380 to the range, and spoiler: it shoots way better than we expected.

This is our first Monday Gun Day running a .380 micro-carry gun, and we put it through our usual lineup of drills:
• Bill Drill
• Bill Drill #2
• 3 Reload 3
• 10-Round “B8” Accuracy Test

We don’t have a holster for it yet, so everything was run off the table. That gives us a raw feel for the recoil, ergonomics, accuracy, and how this thing performs compared to the sea of micro/subcompact carry guns out there.

Initial Impressions:
• Surprisingly soft recoil
• Great group at 7 yards (actually one of the best Monday Gun Day groups we’ve had)
• Not locking back consistently
• Optic cut from factory (huge win)
• Trigger is fine, heavier than ideal
• Ergonomics are better than expected thanks to the extended pinky space on both mags


If you want us to test more of the smaller guns (43 series, 43X builds, etc.), drop your requests in the comments!
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00:00 Intro – Monday Gunday & Hellcat .380
00:17 Hellcat .380 overview, optic & mags
02:21 Heading to the range

02:24 At the range & drill rundown
03:29 Bill Drill
05:22 3 Reload 3
07:09 7-yard “Fake B8” accuracy test
08:31 10-yard accuracy test
09:21 Back in the armory – overall impressions

09:46 Cost score
10:41 Trigger score
11:18 Bore axis score
11:35 Sights score
12:20 Aftermarket support score
12:52 Capacity score
13:09 Serviceability score
13:22 Value score
13:40 Cool factor score
14:21 Final score (75.1) & closing thoughts