The Victor series is made for real-world use without cutting corners. (Photo: Springfield)
Springfield is kicking off 2019 with a complete line of AR-pattern rifles, pistols and short-barreled rifles with the Victor series. The Victor series, based on the Saint series, comes with a full suite of premium features including a match-grade, nickel-boron, single-stage trigger across the board.
These guns are meant for shooting right out of the box. While they have rails for optics, the rifles also come factory with flip-up front and rear iron sights. The pistols and the SBR are optics-ready.
Springfield is launching with five Victor models, a full-size model chambered for 5.56 NATO, two pistols, one in 5.56 and the other in 300 AAC Blackout, an NFA-regulated short-barreled rifle, and a California-compliant model. All Victor rifles and pistols are built on Accu-Tite tension-bonded forged receivers to eliminate wobble.
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The guns feature Melonite finishes on the steel parts including the barrels, gas block, bolt and bolt carrier. Melonite, like other salt bath nitride finishes, are now standard in a lot of high-end rifles designed for hard use.
The series is available in rifle, pistol and SBR configurations. (Photo: Springfield)
They have very slim free-floating M-Lok handguards that run the full length of the barrel regardless of configuration. Springfield is rolling out two styles of handguards for the Victory series, a minimalist design with a truncated 12-o’clock rail to save weight and a full-length rail version for the short-barreled rifle.
The rifles come with 2-port muzzle brakes while the 5.56 pistol comes with a forward blast deflector. The 300 Black pistol and short-barreled rifle come with A2 birdcages that can be swapped for suppressor mounts. All but the California-compliant model come with 30-round Magpul Pmag magazines. The compliant gun comes with a 10-rounder.
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The rifles get a good spread of furniture, picking from Magpul, Bravo Company Manufacturing and SB Tactical. The pistols get SB Tactical braces for improved control while the standard rifle gets a Bravo Company stock and grip. The California gun gets a Strike Industries compliant grip and a Magpul fixed carbine stock.
Both the standard and compliant rifles have 16-inch carbine-length barrels with mid-length gas systems. The pistols have pistol-length gas systems. The 5.56 pistol has a 7.5-inch barrel while the 300 BLK is longer at 9 inches. The SBR has an 11.5-inch barrel with a carbine-length gas system.
They all have staked castle nuts with quick-detach sling points as well as heavy carbine buffer systems for reduced recoil.
Altogether the Victor rifle weighs in at just under 7 pounds dry; the compliant rifle just a little over. The SBR and the pistols weigh right around 6 pounds.
The suggested retail prices start out at $1,015 which works out to $800-$900 and even less with the right deal in real-world prices. That’s a good price for all that Springfield is including with the Victor series, and it will be nice to see how the company takes it in the future.