 Hey there friends, thanks for checking in. Today we're looking at a new release from Springfield Armory called the 1911 Operator. Check that out. It's a beautiful looking handgun and shooting handgun. I've taken it to the range on a couple occasions and it only enhanced my love for 1911's full size eight round mags, 1911 handgun that is new. And if you go with this, you'll see it offers a lot of gun for the money once we get into the specs. But it comes with this cardboard case and a soft case and two eight round magazines, MSRP 1099. Now you may be saying, I thought Springfield already had an operator line. How is this a new release? Well, they do. It's called the 1911 Marine Corps Operator that has a green Cerico frame, an angled rear sight, seven round mags instead of eight and an MSRP of 1308. So $209 more for that. And then they also have another one called the 1911 Loaded Operator, which is pretty equivalent to this. If you look at the specs, if you look at what it offers, that goes for an MSRP of 1409. This is $310 less. And I think it's pretty great. VZ G10 grips, you know, desert tan, coyote brown, flat dark earth, whatever you want to call it. They are VZ grips. I think they look great. Already mentioned two eight round magazines. These are Metgar mags, very similar to what the MSR uses. All right, eight rounds. You can see it does have a skeletonized hammer and trigger extended beaver tail. The grip has some checkering on the flat mainspring housing. They have this same checkering on the 911 pistol, the little subcompact nine millimeter. They call it the octo grip checkering. And I really like it. I like it on the 911 and I like it on the operator. Smooth front. It does have a 1913 pick rail there. Three dot sights, black serrations below and a tritium front dot, a little more modern. The barrel is a match grade barrel to five inch barrel. It is forged steel as well as the slide and the frame. So it's made of heavy duty parts and accessories. And I love it. Now, the trigger pull I'm measuring right at four and a half pounds, it's a nice trigger pull. I love 1911's, I've set it for years. And look at that reset. You just can't beat that. Does have the memory bump right there with the grip safety. The overall feel and function is amazing. I really love it. You know, I took it to the range right out of the case, it just shot. So well. And I'm used to that because of the emissary that they recently released. Now, if you look at the emissary, this has an MSRP of 1278. So this is a little bit less than the emissary. They both have the same tritium front dot. You can see the rear sight, two dot versus the U notch. And of course the grips are a bit different. If you really squeeze this, you'll get a real firm grip. You get some markings on the hand. I love that pistol right there. I love it. And I love this too. They shoot identical. And I can't emphasize that enough. The one thing that this has outside of it being all sericoded black is that an ambi thumb safety. Those who are lefties may like that. And the 1911 loaded has an ambi thumb safety too. So it's very, very much identical to this with a much lower MSRP. Both these are amazing handguns. Let's go ahead and get on the scale. It breaks down the same as any other 1911. It does have a GI style guide rod, not a full length guide rod. That's another thing you'll notice is that the emissary uses a bull barrel as we're this a little more standard. But if you could take apart a 1911 rather quickly the way I can, you will have no issue at all. The unloaded weight, two pounds, nine and five eighths ounces. We move that to just ounces. We're looking at 41 and a half ounces. But here we have eight rounds of 45 ACP, 47 and one half ounce. Right now this is only offered in 45. We'll see what happens. And there's one in the chamber, 48 and a quarter ounces. Just for fun. Let's see what the emissary's weighing in at. Same mags, a little more of a stainless look there, but they are the same mags made by Metgar. I love Metgar mags, 49 and a half. So the emissary's a little bit heavier, which is no surprise to me because last time I did this I was able to see that the emissary is an ounce or two heavier than the standard 1911's. But the operator's great. I mentioned I took it to the range on a couple occasions. Let's roll through some of those seeds and we'll come back and wrap it up. Springfield Armory has been cranking out guns in 2021 more than any manufacturer that I have ever seen before. But the handguns anyways that get me most excited are the 1911's. They do a phenomenal job, whether it's the Ronin full size in 10 millimeter or the new Ronin EMP nine millimeter with nine round mags. That's a phenomenal shooter. I love the emissary. This gun just excites me every time I'm at the range. It makes me feel like a professional, even though I'm not. They have the mill spec, you know, little bare bones, 1911, but now they have the 1911 operator and I love it. I really do love it. It's just a enhanced featured full size 1911 that I think looks cool, but it is on target. And so we can look forward to that in the future as well as more reviews featuring this 1911 operator made by Springfield Armory. If you like videos like this, please subscribe and share. I always appreciate the thumbs up button. Thanks for watching and you guys be safe.