New Handgun....

[huntsman22]

Nope, It ain't a Kimber......




Springfield EMP 40. But, It fits my hand better with its smaller grip frame. It's also my first 40 cal. Don

[Glen]

That is a sweet rig right there!!

[Rick in Oregon]

Don: Very nice, bud! I looked hard at those neat little EMP's when they first came out, and lamented that 9mm was the only chambering. Now that they also make it in a "real" caliber, I just might have to take another look at that little pocket rocket.

Congrats, be sure to let us know your initial range impressions.

[Jim White]

I shot one of those in 40 S&W a couple of years back and I really liked it. They're nice but they're pricy too. All of them I've seen are up into the high $900 to $1000 dollar range.

Enjoy,

Jim

[huntsman22]

Rick, I have 100 rounds of fmj thru it now, and one mag of hp's. It has a real stiff recoil spring and I didn't work it hard enuff on the first round. That was the only problem I encountered on the first trip, other than 2 extracted brass came strait back in the face.... Will run a couple 100 more thru it this weekend, and let a couple pards play with 'er.......

[huntsman22]

150 more flawless rounds this weekend. Took a pic with her next to a Smith snubby...

[Rick in Oregon]

I LIKE IT!

Talk about a "Pocket Rocket!"

[Critter]

I offer the following for discussion purposes only.

About 20 years ago, the perfect carry pistol didn't exist. What I wanted was something safe to carry and packing immense knock down power. Then S&W came out with the solution.

With 7 .45ACP hollow point loads and round in the chamber, safety off carry in a stainless compact frame (something which would be dangerous in a S/A) they had the answer. (They also have D/A only autos, but having cut my teeth on a 1911, I'm not prepared to go there.)

I have the earlier version of the lower one. .40 Auto shown in center.



The double action is a little bit tricky at first, but I found that you just have to keep your eyes on that front sight throughout the entire firing process. Then it becomes easy.

[huntsman22]

Was packing the EMP the other day, instead of the Woodsman 22. The 40s&w does a number on porkypines.......

[Rick in Oregon]

Don: NICE! Looks like the little pistol is treating you well (NOT so well for Porky though! )

I'm looking at an EMP for wifey....sure are neat little pistols.

[huntsman22]

9 or 40? Some wimmins will have trouble with the stiff slide on the 40. Have her try it first, or it'll be YOUR new toy.

[Rick in Oregon]

Don: No nines in this house. It'll be a .40 if one comes home. She's pretty familiar with her pistols, and practice usually fixes such things.

As an aside, I have a friend who's the Medical Examiner in a large metro city. He once told me he can tell what the gang guys have been shot with even before he looks inside the body. If they've been shot multiple times to kill them, it's usually a 9mm or .380 that did the deed. However he told me, that if there's only one hole, his experience is almost always that the slug was either a .44 or .45. You only have to shoot the bad guy once with a forty-something, NOT usually so with the dinky calibers like the 9mm. JMO and his.

(Jeff Cooper was right! )

[TONK]

Nice looking little pea shooter by golly!