The gun was provided to the author by the company for review.
This big-boned handgun is both uncannily accurate and a hoot to shoot.
Back then, telephones were the size of a microwave oven and were rigidly affixed to the wall.
The Springfield Armory SAINT Victor 5.56mm Pistol is a fantastic firearm for personal protection.
Additionally, not just everybody had one.
Suffice it to say, much has transpired since then.
They must sport barrels that are 16 or longer.
The Springfield Armory SAINT Victor 5.56 Pistol offers the maneuverability of a handgun with the 5.56mm performance.
Back then, your grandfathers bolt-action hunting rifle would have been fairly typical of the genre.
By contrast, handguns were nominally designed to be fired one-handed.
They could have barrels of any length.
The SAINT Victor 5.56mm Pistol feeds from standard AR-style magazines and comes with a Magpul PMAG that holds 30 rounds.
Armed professionals trained to fire their pistols one-handed back then.
Literally nobody does that intentionally anymore.
Now, fast forward nearly a century, and much has changed.
The Springfield Armory SAINT Victor 5.56mm Pistol is fitted with a 11.5″ barrel. This is long enough to enable good ammunition performance, while still keeping the overall length short.
This appendage slips over a standard AR buffer tube and is slide-adjustable for length.
A throw in 23 P-Grip from B5 Systems helps keep your strong side elbow tucked in tight.
It is also aggressively stippled for both comfort and a reliable grip.
Springfield Armory equips the pistol with plenty of M-Lok real estate for adding accessories. The author installed a Streamlight TLR-8 XG weapon light on his SAINT Victor 5.56 Pistol.
A B5 Systems polymer triggerguard rounds out the package further.
The 11.5 Melonite-finished chrome/moly/vanadium steel barrel used on the SAINT Victor 5.56mm Pistol is exceptional.
The evidence of that observation is made overtly manifest on the range.
Shooting it as a pistol, the PMC Bronze 55-gr. ammunition delivered a 0.5″ group from the SAINT Victor pistol at 25 meters.
This is the same barrel length used on the Vietnam-era XM177E2 carbine.
It strikes a nice balance between portability and performance.
The slim, free-floated forearm sports plenty ofM-Lok spacefor accessories, and there is ample room for optics.
The Springfield Armory SAINT 5.56mm Pistol offers exceptional performance in a compact package. The practical applications as a survival or bugout gun are obvious.
Top-flight, spring-loaded iron sights come standard.
The muzzle is tipped with a G.I.-issue five-slot M4 flash suppressor.
Springfields Accu-Tite wedge systemexcises any potential wobble between the upper and lower receivers.
The nickel boron-coated trigger group is a cut above the G.I.
standard, and it shows.
The bilateral short-throw safety rotates through 45 degrees rather than the traditional 90.
I found myself smitten with that.
M16s I used to be issued.
The whole unit is also not much bigger than a lipstick tube.
The TLR-8 XG runs on a single CR123A battery and is essentially indestructible.
This stubby 11.5 barrel makes the devils own racket.
The SilencerCo Velos LBP is essentially unkillable.
It will run safely and well with pretty much anything you’re free to shove through it.
LBP stands for low back pressure.
This high-tech can is designed to minimize gas blowback in direct gas impingement weapons.
The cumulative result is shockingly effective for its intended mission.
Its Alive!
Even with the suppressor installed, the SAINT Victor 5.56mm Pistol is refreshingly maneuverable.
The gun takes corners like a slot car while still projecting ample authority downrange.
The SAINT Victor 5.56mm AR Pistol shoots incredibly straight despite its stubby barrel.
My get-acquainted groups at 25 meters from a simple rest were all single jagged holes.
Youll lose a little velocity when compared with a full-length tube.
Ruminations
There are a lot of top-quality firearms out there vying for your hard-earned cash these days.
So, what makes the SAINT Victor 5.56mm Pistol different and desirable?
For starters, the Springfield Armory mob spared no expense on the particulars.
The basic chassis is classic SAINT.
The SAINT Victor 5.56mm Pistol is also just a ton of fun.
The gun shoots consistently and true out to the limits of the cartridge.
It will obliterate milk jugs filled with water and detonate water-filled aluminum beverage cans.
The gun offers trivial recoil and optimized ergonomics.
The fact that shooting this thing is so enjoyable means that training is more recreation than work.
We should all shoot more.
In my opinion, its the shape of things to come.
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