I’ve been looking very hard at the Springfield Armory EMP since its introduction and I just couldn’t resist anymore when i found a new one at a great price from a reputatble dealer in FL. I had to make sure it was on the CA approved roster.
There has been some interest in it lately and i thought I'd post a report and pictures when I finally got it. These are my impressions of the EMP rather than measurements (which you can find elsewhere on the net) or even a range report. I wanted to get some pictures before I took it out to the range and it got dirty. if there is an interest, that will be the subject of another thread.
The EMP has great proportions and the satin black of the frame, sights and hammer, contrasting with the polished slide stop, thumb safety, mag release and Main Spring Housing (MSH) are set off nicely with the bead blasted white trigger, barrel and slide
The EMP is not as small as I imagined. It’s about the same size as my Kahr CW9.
As a matter of fact the CW9 is actually thinner especially with the EMP’s ambidextrous thumb safeties
It comes equipped with a Novak rear sight fitted with Trijicon night sights and a serrated front blade with a front dot
something you usually only see on custom guns is the base of the front sight is blended into the slide
the slide and frame are lightly beveled…even the ejection port has been smoothed
...and the magazine well has been beveled
Nice touches are the steel MSH, beavertail grip safety and the skeletonized hammer
I didn’t care for the drilled trigger, but I liked the subtle undercut of the trigger guard (it’s more felt than seen)
There has been some interest in it lately and i thought I'd post a report and pictures when I finally got it. These are my impressions of the EMP rather than measurements (which you can find elsewhere on the net) or even a range report. I wanted to get some pictures before I took it out to the range and it got dirty. if there is an interest, that will be the subject of another thread.
The EMP has great proportions and the satin black of the frame, sights and hammer, contrasting with the polished slide stop, thumb safety, mag release and Main Spring Housing (MSH) are set off nicely with the bead blasted white trigger, barrel and slide
The EMP is not as small as I imagined. It’s about the same size as my Kahr CW9.
As a matter of fact the CW9 is actually thinner especially with the EMP’s ambidextrous thumb safeties
It comes equipped with a Novak rear sight fitted with Trijicon night sights and a serrated front blade with a front dot
something you usually only see on custom guns is the base of the front sight is blended into the slide
the slide and frame are lightly beveled…even the ejection port has been smoothed
...and the magazine well has been beveled
Nice touches are the steel MSH, beavertail grip safety and the skeletonized hammer
I didn’t care for the drilled trigger, but I liked the subtle undercut of the trigger guard (it’s more felt than seen)