S&W 1911Sc
I bought a S&W 1911Sc from a large retailer here in Oklahoma City last summer...don't know why...just felt good, the price was right and I liked the lightweight frame with the 4.25" barrel. I have never seen this pistol in S&W's catalog on line, but by all accounts I believe what I purchased was probably the pre-cursor to the SW1911PD. The only difference was that my pistol has a white scandium frame with black appointments and a natural color stainless steel slide...grip safety, thumb lock, slide lock, hammer etc are all matte black. All in all a very nice looking pistol. I was skeptical of the frame mounted extractor. Kimber tried this modification a number of years ago and lived to regret it, Their version of the external, slide mounted extractor was quite a bit different than the Smith which is longer and quite a bit more narrow than the Kimber. However, the retail price of this pistol was $750 and S&W was offering a $100.00 rebate so I figured that for $650 it was worth taking a chance on as opposed to the PT1911 Taurus SS I was thinking about buying for $600.
As you can see from the prices of the S&W 1911s today, I got one hell of a deal. I also got one hell of a good pistol. The thing shoots under two inches at 25 yards...with ammo it likes. I have never experienced a FTF with either Hydro shocks, Golden Sabers, ball or Silver Tips. I have absolutely no reservations about using this pistol to defend life and limb. I still have a wait and see attitude regarding the extractor but then conventional, internal extractors have been a bain to the existence of quite a few 1911s of various makes and models so just maybe S&W is on to something. I like this pistol so well, I thinking of buying the S&W compact 1911.