Press Releases

GENESEO, ILL. (01/19/26) – Springfield Armory® is proud to announce the release of the 10-8 Performance Master Class 1911 pistol in .45 ACP and 9mm, a Lipsey’s distributor exclusive. Developed in partnership with Hilton Yam, founder of 10-8 Performance as well as a retired FBI Special Agent and SWAT firearms instructor, the 10-8 Performance Master Class 1911 reflects decades of professional end-user experience. Hilton Yam is a retired FBI Special Agent with more than two decades on duty in the... Read more

GENESEO, ILL. (01/08/26) – Springfield Armory® is proud to announce that the Kuna™ 9mm has been awarded the first ever Ballistic’s Best 2025 Editors’ Choice Award for “Best Gun of the Year.” With more than 100 products tested across dozens of categories, the Kuna came out on top with this rare and esteemed honor — one that has never before been awarded for any firearm. Put up against rigorous testing protocols by the Ballistic editorial team along with input from... Read more

GENESEO, ILL. (12/19/25) – Springfield Armory® is proud to announce that, as the result of intensive and rigorous testing, the Henderson Police Department (HPD) of Henderson, Nevada, has adopted the full-size Echelon 4.5F and compact 4.0C 9mm pistols for use by its officers. Recognizing that previously adopted pistols employed by the department did not provide an ideal fit for the wide variety of its officers’ hand sizes, the HPD instituted a comprehensive review of its weapons platforms that revealed numerous... Read more

GENESEO, ILL. (12/09/25) – Springfield Armory® is proud to announce that the St. Louis County Police Department has adopted the Echelon 4.5F 9mm pistol. The Echelon 4.5F was designed to set a new standard for modern, striker-fired duty pistols. With a host of revolutionary patent-pending features, this modular and highly adaptable handgun is engineered with superior ergonomics and built to withstand the harshest conditions. Driving the modularity of the design is the Echelon’s patent-pending Central Operating Group. Employing cutting-edge manufacturing... Read more

GENESEO, ILL. (12/04/25) – The Armory Life™ is pleased to announce the release of the Winter 2025 issue of The Armory Life print magazine, featuring a cover story interview with Julie Golob. Golob is a world champion shooter with more than 170 championship titles and top scores in international, national and regional marksmanship competitions across seven different shooting disciplines. In addition, she is a military veteran, renowned author, as well as brand ambassador and professional shooter for Springfield Armory. Since... Read more

GENESEO, ILL. (11/12/25) – Springfield Armory® is proud to announce that its Kuna™ 9mm pistol — designed to deliver exceptional performance in a portable package — has won the esteemed Guns & Ammo 2025 Handgun of the Year Award. The selection process for earning the prestigious award from such a storied publication is quite demanding. Picked by a team of Guns & Ammo editors, contributors and staff, the Kuna faced extensive testing and evaluation to make the cut as a finalist. “The... Read more

GENESEO, ILL. (11/03/25) – Featuring an added retail value of up to $375, Springfield Armory® is proud to announce the launch of Gear Pac™. Offered with the company’s most popular handgun models, Gear Pac™ bundles optics and accessories for an unbeatable value. No redemption process is necessary to access it. Each Gear Pac™ comes with four total magazines, a Viridian® RFX11 green dot optic and a premium pistol bag—coming up to a total value of up to $375. Available models... Read more

GENESEO, ILL. (10/28/25) – Springfield Armory® is proud to announce new longer-barrel Springfield Armory® Model 2020 Heatseeker variants with 20” and 22” barrels. The Model 2020 Heatseeker — originally launched earlier this year with a 16” barrel — is a chassis-based rifle crafted for shooters who demand bolt-action precision and AR-style modularity in one uncompromising, suppressor-ready platform. Featuring a rugged Coyote Brown Cerakote finish, the bolt-action rifles are available in .308 Win. or 6.5 Creedmoor (CM). The .308 Win. version... Read more

GENESEO, ILL. (10/23/25) – Springfield Armory® is proud to announce it has been selected by the National Association of Sporting Goods Wholesalers (NASGW) as the 2025 Innovator of the Year. NASGW is an association that represents shooting sports wholesalers, manufacturers and their trade partners. First organized in 1953 and incorporated in 1954, NASGW works tirelessly to ensure strong, trusted relationships between shooting sports buyers and sellers. The association annually recognizes manufacturers with Innovator of the Year Awards at its NASGW... Read more

GENESEO, ILL. (10/21/25) – Springfield Armory® is proud to announce the release of four California-Compliant Echelon™ pistols, bringing this modular and highly adaptable 9mm handgun — engineered with superior ergonomics and built to withstand the harshest conditions — to the state for the first time. The four models available include the 4.5F (a full-size model with a 4.5” barrel), the 4.5F Comp (the same model, but with an integral compensator), the 4.0C (a compact model with a 4” barrel) and... Read more