 Hey there friends thanks for checking in. One of the best look in 1911's I own is the Springfield Armory Emissary. 1911 chambered in 45 they also make this in 9 millimeter but it's a beautiful looking handgun and I really love the way they took these VZ G10 grips and the front strap and the flat mainspring housing it all mimics the same pattern so when you grip this it's so consistently firm. It has a 5 inch bull barrel this is also available in commander size for the quarter inch barrel and 9 millimeter there are four pistols currently with the Emissary. It's got a tri top cut slide, a tradium front dot, U rear sight and a solid body flat face trigger with a squared trigger guard. Picatinny rail, 8 round mech gar magazines. Excellent handgun I took this out of the case I was blown away. I was like this is really a nice shooting handle with that bull barrel. Well Springfield expanded the line on the Emissaries with not just four pistols now but eight and what did they do? Well they kept the same features pretty much but they came out with an all-black model Emissary. Now this is a four and a quarter inch 45 ACP Emissary. It uses the same mech gar mags eight rounds 45 ACP and this is four and a quarter they also make this in government size five inch and in both nine millimeters so instead of having four emissaries in total they now have eight emissaries in total. How is this different? Well clearly the color is different you can see the G10 grips are pretty much the same the the color scheme is different and then the flat mainspring housing of the front strap remains the same. I think Springfield wanted to keep that because it was widely popular amongst many shooters. The solid body flat face trigger remains the same. I'm measuring this thing breaking just under four pounds with a very nice 1911 reset. It has a full pick rail right here opposed to a three slot pick rail on that model anyhow. The tri-top cut slide the tritium front dot and the U-notch rear sight and it also has a bull barrel. This is a bushingless bull barrel and with the bushingless with the bushingless barrels okay there's typically a a hole in the guide rod full length guide rod and you would take this pin here and put it in that that would compress the spring and then you would disassemble it like any other 1911 it looks like this and disassembled here's how the emissary looks but what we have here is a sterical black finish all throughout it has these serrations on top here that are 40 line per inch that's supposed to cut down on the glare the tritop cut slide and that's what you're looking at there see how that bevels into a flat top they call that tritop all right and the the bull barrel makes a difference and this is also in 45 I think I mentioned that but I love the way it feels in the hand I really dig it that I have the four and a quarter inch and the five inch emissaries you'll notice that the slide is very shiny on the original and the black seracote not as much and I really do dig seracote and this is actually seracote but I really love love seracote because I think it's a strong finish holds up well takes a lot to to scratch it or chip it up or anything really does but I really like what springfield did with the emissary that bull barrels nice and when I took this to the range I had a similar experience that I did with the original emissary no learning curve whatsoever right out of the case it shot incredibly well now you may be asking I like the features I like what it has but how much is it well if you look at the original emissary it's currently priced whether it's nine millimeter or 45 acp at thirteen hundred seventy eight dollars the all black model which I believe they're calling this blackout is the same msrp you're looking at 13 78 whether it's 45 acp commander size or the five inch barrel government size whether it's 45 acp or nine millimeter same thing across the board 13 78 and I really do dig it now that comes with two eight round magazines of course these are interchangeable both these are in 45 I love the way this thing shoots I took it to the range only took it to the range one time so far and I really dig it let's go ahead and check that out fjoki hyperperformance 230 grain jacket is hollow points now if you go with this emissary whether it's the black or the original two-toe model you're looking at 1378 dollars and what you'll get are two mags and a double zippered padded case here but I want to get it on the scale because I shot this fjoki 230 grain jacket at hollow point great stuff right there and I've got that loaded up right here loaded in a bag not in the handgun and we'll go ahead and take a look at the unloaded weight two pounds eight and a half ounces we move that to just ounces 40 and a half ounces here are eight rounds in the mag 48 and eighth how about a carry round you're looking at 48 and 78 so 49 ounces just for fun let's take the five inch government model also with a bowl barrel and you're looking at 50 and a quarter ounces so we're looking at about two and a quarter ounces more with the government size five inch barrel but I love the way it fired I love the way I like the way it looks I'm actually struggling to figure out which one I like more this one is more let's say upscale you know with the shine and then the the tri top cut slide and the two tone it looks like a classier handgun but I think this one's built a little tougher and honestly I did not notice a major difference when firing at the range same trigger pull right under four pounds same eight round mags same overall sight picture vz g10 grips the flat mainspring housing everything remains the same as the original if you have an emissary and you love what you have there you will certainly dig the black model I think it I think it's cool though it looks a little more beefy with the four inch barrel it just does with the full pick rail the the full length guide rod the bull barrel the way it fires at the range it just I love it honestly I really do I fell in love with the original emissary and they're available nine millimeter I've got two and 45 couldn't be happier the original 1911 chambered in 45 and that's what this one is and there is the original so it is now available 1378 for any of the eight models that springfield armory now offers with the 1911 emissary and if your experiences are anything like mine you will certainly dig it and call it one of your favorite 1911's if you like videos like this please subscribe and share I always appreciate thumbs up button thanks for watching and you guys be safe