Looking for input on this gun (SA GI micro 1911). I was looking at one of the new EMP 9mm. I found this model for 1/2 the price. It is $569 used with 4 clips and holster. The oem holster looks like it wont hold up or will fold my belt under the weight of the gun with a loaded mag.

 

SA makes decent stuff - my biggest concern would be how much recoil is there in this thing? 9mm isn't the hottest load out there but with a little gun there can still be a big wallop in the palm of your hand.

 

mitch...the Gi Micro is a 45. Same concern as you. The EMP is better suited to recoil in a small frame since it was designed from the ground up basically. The GI is a modified 1911. The EMP also carries 3 more rounds in 9mm, 2 more in .40. The .40 seems to be running $200 less than the 9mm at a couple of places I looked.

I've heard good and bad...and the Micro seems somewhat ammo sensitive.

It also concerns me that I don't see it at the SA site anymore? Discontinued?

Kevin...you didn't really say what the planned usage was? If concealed self defensive carry, I think there are better choices. Kahr for instance. Very concealable, simple, light. Rugers also...kinda ugly to some eyes but very reasonable and functional. Even the XD line from SA...I think they have very nicely priced shooters packs with all sort of accessories. The last 2 brands you can also get a .40 in the same package by giving up one round. The XD has the option of a shorter or a full size magazine as well.

Oh...and just to rag on you...they are magazines.... not (ugh) clips. Lol

 

Ugh. I inferred 9mm from the other choice. That thing's gotta hurt to fire if it's a .45.

 

Oh...and just to rag on you...they are magazines.... not (ugh) clips. Lol Vic

Vic - Maybe he's an old M1 guy.

 

A quick searched shows those guns were selling around $550-575 online.

I think whether or not that pistol is good depends on your use. I think the 1911 platform is great for competition or target shooting especially when full sized and a compact can be a fun range gun. I know I will get struck by lightening for saying that I do not like the 1911 for concealed carry (no matter how sexy all those Kimbers look in the magazine adds). CC is one thing the 1911 platform was never designed for. I think there are many better CC choices out there.

The 1911 can be finicky about ammo especially in short slide versions. I really do not like cokced and locked for CC. The cokced hammer is sitting out there to bite you in the ribs when you move the wrong way and the beaver tail does the same thing, and don't get me started on the crap that collects in that open pocket left by a cokced hammer. I don't even like any external safety on a CC gun. If you need it, in a moment of panic, remembering to disengage the safety could be the difference between life and death. Some of these may not be an issue if you work in an office and can conceal underneath a suit coat but if you are a working person who moves around a lot, gets into and out of vehicles, crawls under houses or sometimes puts on a tool belt I find the 1911 to be a literal pain. Oh, and the holster required to provide coverage over a 1911's hammer and safety is much larger than what's required for other guns which only need the trigger protected.

 

PD...agree completely. We have open carry here, but I don't do that since I'm not out in the open range. A .45 is just too big even with my Commander. Maybe an Officers, but even then you need to get something like a Para with a thin frame and grips. When you downsize a traditional .45 enough to CC, it takes a lot of skill to shoot.

I carry a .380 Gov concealed...just haven't had the funds for a bit newer gun. It works...and I hope I never have to test myself.

 

OK. thankyou for the input. My use of the gun will be mostly range with little CC. I'm not allowed to carry at work and since that takes up most of all my time I can't CC often. I've wanted a 1911 for a long time and I was thinking that for a SA 1911 (even though it is a compact) it would be a fun range pistol.

Yes, Vic

That was a slip of the tongue. Thank you for pointing that out.

My concern was that if I were going to CC I really didn't want a .45 . I really like the 9mm EMP but I just can't get my wife to allow that kind of purchase right now. I'm still leaning toward the purchase but am cautious to buy as to allow for some shopping around to see what the local dealers have.