When I heard that Springfield was working on a 9/10's size 1911, I was extremely excited. I had long been telling shooting buddies and acquaintances that a 1911 scaled down ever-so-slightly to fit the 9/40 class of cartridges would be my dream gun.
Not that I don't love the standard 1911-I do. I shoot it well, operate it well and enjoy its looks, to boot. But with my smallish finger reach, the front-to-back grip dimension is just *this much* too large for me, and I know that I could shoot better with a shallower grip. CZ's, BHP's and other guns simply fit me far better.
I've yet to handle an EMP, will do so at my first opportunity. I'm hoping that the smidgen I need reduced in the depth of the grip was removed. But the truth is, I have no need of an ultra-compact, hyper-tiny 9MM. What I want, for want of a better way to describe it, is a BHP sized 1911.
So what are the chances that Springfield has that in the works? I suspect there are enough who would be interested, based on grip reductions, slim grips and the like I see for 1911's, to make it worth their while. I can't help but think a 'full-size' EMP proportioned gun would be a hit-though as my wife points out, I'm often wrong.
Anybody else think this is a good idea?
Larry
Not that I don't love the standard 1911-I do. I shoot it well, operate it well and enjoy its looks, to boot. But with my smallish finger reach, the front-to-back grip dimension is just *this much* too large for me, and I know that I could shoot better with a shallower grip. CZ's, BHP's and other guns simply fit me far better.
I've yet to handle an EMP, will do so at my first opportunity. I'm hoping that the smidgen I need reduced in the depth of the grip was removed. But the truth is, I have no need of an ultra-compact, hyper-tiny 9MM. What I want, for want of a better way to describe it, is a BHP sized 1911.
So what are the chances that Springfield has that in the works? I suspect there are enough who would be interested, based on grip reductions, slim grips and the like I see for 1911's, to make it worth their while. I can't help but think a 'full-size' EMP proportioned gun would be a hit-though as my wife points out, I'm often wrong.
Anybody else think this is a good idea?
Larry