TomKat87
Shooter
I'm thinking about buying one new. I have heard they are a great shooter for the price. Any one have any experience with one?
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Opinions on the SA Echelon?
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Definitely fits my medium sized hand better than Gen 3 Glock 17. If you can trust them, YouTube guys like them very much. Only negatives are magazine base is weak,comes off easily. The plate for the optic will shoot loose. SA did some anti 2A in the past, did they ever apologize? Not made in USA. You can find M&P’s cheaper on Gunbroker. My 2 cents
TomKat87
Shooter
Definitely my next purchase. 
Anangrypasta
Master
Imo the only appeal here is the serialized chassis. Seems better designed than the SIG, but doesn't matter unless they release different frame and slide options that use the platform. An example of that would be the Beretta APX and Steyr A2s, which were both designed with the chassis but ended up just getting the set slide or frame configuration. The APX never got different swappable slides, and the Steyr ended up getting their frames serialized in addition to the chassis due to import nonsense.
Side note, these are made in Croatia by HS Product. Apparently their relationship with Springfield has been souring which may cause issues for future support and imports.
The chassis design on the Echelon is objectively better than the Sig 320s though, so at least they aren't trying to be lame clones. The Echelons also don't seem to have the shake-awake feature of the 320s...
Side note, these are made in Croatia by HS Product. Apparently their relationship with Springfield has been souring which may cause issues for future support and imports.
The chassis design on the Echelon is objectively better than the Sig 320s though, so at least they aren't trying to be lame clones. The Echelons also don't seem to have the shake-awake feature of the 320s...
