Springfield Armory 5.0 vs. Classic 1911: Final Breakdown from GOALS 2025

By David Hoang “Johnny Winn” ( Founder, Lead Creator )

We’re closing out our GOALS 2025 Media Range Day coverage with a deep dive into one of the most talked-about pistols at the event,  the Springfield Armory 5.0. To really understand what makes it special, we ran it head-to-head against a classic steel-frame 1911-style platform to compare recoil impulse, shootability, and the engineering behind each design.