The Details
Overall, the TRP Contour Carry I tested showed an exceptionally tight fit between the slide and frame and a tighter-than-average barrel to bushing and bushing to slide fit, with the final result being a tighter-than-average lock-up in battery. Springfield hand matches the slides and barrels to the frames to get these snug fits. When disassembled, I noticed the barrel and slide both had the last two or three digits of the frame serial number hand-marked on them with an electric engraving pencil. The slide and frame are machined from forgings, which offers the most strength and durability compared to cast or milled from billet methods. Some metal injection molding parts were apparent, particularly the ejector, hammer, slide lock release lever and ambidextrous safety levers.
While this TRP Contour Carry is a commander-length pistol and uses the shorter commander-length guide rod, spring cap and barrel bushing, it has Springfield Armory’s longer government model style frame with a beefy full-length dust cover sporting a very versatile, three-slot Picatinny rail. That’s plenty of space for the more powerful, longer run-time tactical lights that use bigger batteries. Other functional enhancements include forward slanting, square bottom, gripping serrations on the front and rear of the slide, and a grooved slight plane to reduce glare.
The TRP has rugged steel sights dovetailed into the slide and drift adjustable for windage. They are traditional, rectangular front post and rear notch style, enhanced with self-illuminating tritium vials to create a three-dot sight picture for aiming in darkness. The rear has a vertical face to hook the belt, or some other surface, for racking the side one handed. The rear faces of the sights are horizontally grooved with fine lines to reduce distracting light reflections.
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