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Loaded · 01-16-2008, 07:48 PM

I'm looking into buying a springfield ultra compact for my ccw. I've read several reviews and some state they have been searching for this gun for years.

Is this true or should my gunshop be able to order one from springfield? I've called a few and none of them have one in stock.

Blackwater · 01-16-2008, 08:02 PM

I tried to have my gun shop order one. Springfield told then they needed to go through a distributor. I trust these guys, but sometimes they're slackers/
I was waiting for at least 6 months with no end in sight.

I stumbled onto one last week at another store in the area.

It's been 100% reliable through 400+ rounds, except for TAP.
Speer GDHP worked flawlessly for HP's. WWB, Blazer Brass, Independence and Aquila have all worked perfectly.

I wanted to fondle one before buying so I shied away from buying online.

Good luck, if you decide to get one.

**Rustynuts** · 01-17-2008, 02:43 PM

Where were you? I just sold mine on Gunbroker (and had been for over a month)! Could have use a few more bidders.

Red_Raider911 · 01-17-2008, 03:01 PM

A buddy of mine just recently located a SA Champion that he had been searching months for. He contacted SA and they told him that it was not currently in production and that they would not be producing anymore until next year. Not sure how true this is but when he found one he jumped all over it. Again just going off of hear say, so not totally sure how true it is.

Yuppicide · 01-17-2008, 03:23 PM

I have one, but I got it a few years ago.

There definatly seems to be something going on with SA.

If you go to www.galleryofguns.com and do a search for Springfield 1911 .45's they don't have Shyte, and it's been that way for at least a year or so.
I had heard a RUMOR (a while ago) that they're workers in Brazil were on strike or something, but I don't know.

xdfan80 · 01-17-2008, 03:25 PM

My dad ordered one a while back from a local gunshop and had it in a few days.

**Ed Ely** · 01-17-2008, 07:32 PM

Yup, good looking pix.

Ed

danp · 01-17-2008, 07:45 PM

The store where I bought my Operator had three EMPs in the case. Don't remember the price, though.

tomfoolery · 01-17-2008, 08:07 PM

the store around the corner has a SA compact just sitting on the shelf...has been for months. its a decent looking gun...ive looked at it several times.

Imshootin · 01-28-2008, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Loaded

I'm looking into buying a springfield ultra compact for my ccw. I've read several reviews and some state they have been searching for this gun for years.

Not hard to find at all. I just open the safe and there it is. Seriously though, I picked mine up used at a Gander Mountain about a year and a half ago (for a great price I might add). I saw a new one at a gun show a few months later and I haven't seen one anywhere since. I assume you're referring to the stainless loaded version. A few years prior to that I had a SA Mil-Spec Ultra Carry. I've never seen another one of those. Sold it to a co-worker.
Blackwater, that's a Micro-Compact you've got there, not an Ultra-Compact.
If this is the one you're looking for, good luck.
http://www.gunshopfinder.com/springfield/PX9161L.asp

01-16-2008, 07:48 PM	#1
Loaded XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: NC Posts: 10	Is it really hard to find a Springfield ultra compact? I'm looking into buying a springfield ultra compact for my ccw. I've read several reviews and some state they have been searching for this gun for years. Is this true or should my gunshop be able to order one from springfield? I've called a few and none of them have one in stock.

01-16-2008, 08:02 PM	#2
Blackwater XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Central Texas Posts: 208	I tried to have my gun shop order one. Springfield told then they needed to go through a distributor. I trust these guys, but sometimes they're slackers/ I was waiting for at least 6 months with no end in sight. I stumbled onto one last week at another store in the area. It's been 100% reliable through 400+ rounds, except for TAP. Speer GDHP worked flawlessly for HP's. WWB, Blazer Brass, Independence and Aquila have all worked perfectly. I wanted to fondle one before buying so I shied away from buying online. Good luck, if you decide to get one. __________________ Joe Springfield Micro .45, LW Operator 5" 1911's - HK P30, USPc9MM SS - Glock G19. G21OD, G26OD

01-17-2008, 03:01 PM	#4
Red_Raider911 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: DFW - TX Posts: 113	A buddy of mine just recently located a SA Champion that he had been searching months for. He contacted SA and they told him that it was not currently in production and that they would not be producing anymore until next year. Not sure how true this is but when he found one he jumped all over it. Again just going off of hear say, so not totally sure how true it is. __________________ SA XD 40 / V-10 Ported Don's Guide Rod EFK Fire Dragon Barrel *Streamlight TLR-1 ________________________ National Rifle Association Texas State Rifle Association Texas Wildlife Association

01-17-2008, 03:25 PM	#6
xdfan80 XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Michigan Posts: 2,812	My dad ordered one a while back from a local gunshop and had it in a few days. __________________ Ruger Sp-101 .357 magnum SA XD Tactical .45 acp Mossberg 500 12 gauge pump Marlin 25N bolt action .22 rifle

01-17-2008, 07:45 PM	#8
danp XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sacramento, California Posts: 1,310	The store where I bought my Operator had three EMPs in the case. Don't remember the price, though. __________________ God made cops so that firefighters could have heros too. "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Nietzche

01-17-2008, 02:43 PM	#3
Rustynuts XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,311	Where were you? I just sold mine on Gunbroker (and had been for over a month)! Could have use a few more bidders.

01-17-2008, 07:32 PM	#7
Ed Ely XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: 37.65N -84.76W (Elev. 932 ft) Posts: 7,645 Blog Entries: 1	Yup, good looking pix. Ed

01-17-2008, 08:07 PM	#9
tomfoolery XDTalk 4K Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Cincinnati Posts: 4,399	the store around the corner has a SA compact just sitting on the shelf...has been for months. its a decent looking gun...ive looked at it several times.

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