ECO Or EMP?

[titanse05]

Bias opinion......ECO!

I've handled a couple EMPs and wasn't all that impressed with what I saw. I have yet to see a ECO but knowing the quality pieces that Dan Wesson has been putting out that I would be a fan instantly. I would want the 45ACP version though.

[DaFadda]

I've also handled the EMPs... shot a number of them also. Take a look at a Micro Compact. Same size, 45acp. I have a review on mine somewhere on the forum... just search it. Here's a picture to whet the appetite.



"Loaded" model, 3" barrel. You do your part, it will do its part.


For size comparison: The second firearm is a Colt Mustang Plus II in 380 cal.



Hope this helps... (actually, it may just confuse your choices even further! lol). I don't like 40 cal in this size frame, hurts my hand to shoot for more than a couple mags. The 45 just seems to push right out of the barrel if you know what I mean....

Just my thoughts. Good luck

Da

[Grizzman]

I received a call about 30 minutes ago from an LGS informing me that they've received a few ECO blems.

It's only been four days since I told him I may be interested in one. I was thinking yesterday that it'd be cool to pick up a Baer for a few hundred more $$.

[Zilmo]

I really appreciate the input guys. I really want the 9mm though, not the .45. I have this rugged little beauty in essentially the same size and in .45, and it's a freaking hoot.

[440brew]

I believe the EMP is a bit more narrow and 1/2"shorter. I have the ECO in 9 and love it. it is very accurate!

[glider]

I had an EMP, steel frame 40 S&W. The key word here is HAD. I'm not bashing S.A., just saying what my experience was. I'd get the D.W. I did send it back to S.A. to make it right before I traded it, free advice is worth what it cost.

[SCORPIO]

I'd like an ECO in 9mm, just to have one. I already have an ECO in 45 ACP and it shoots great. Recoil isn't a problem and the gun is just what I expected from a Dan Wesson 1911. I think if it were ME I'd go ECO hands down. Now price may be a factor, I don't know what the EMP's are selling for so that could tip the scales one way or another. But all things being equal, its ECO for me all the way.

[Sheepdog]

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