I handled and shot several of them before finally deciding to buy one. The first one I tried was one of the earlier ones affected by the firing pin safety plunger Recall, before they redesigned the plunger so it couldn't be as easily mangled by someone improperly trying to reassemble the pistol with the plunger lever lifted. No problems occurred with it either before or after it was sent back for the Recall work, and I was very impressed with it for a 'first-effort' 1911-style pistol. I was initially hesitant about buying a "Me Too" 1911, even if it was from one of America's premier firearms companies. I've always thought of Colt when thinking of real '1911' (Model O) pistols ...
All of them I tried were great shooters.
I know a fellow that had one of the first production Scandium Commander-sized models, which had a frame that had been produced slightly out of tolerance. S&W replaced it under their Lifetime Warranty, and he's been very satisfied with his new one.
Mine is one of the recently discontinued 5" Sc stainless models, and it's been a fine shooter so far. Shooting it alongside my Colt stainless Government XSE, it's shown itself to be every bit as accurate as the Colt, and perhaps even a bit more. I had to adjust/drift the front sight in its dovetail just a bit to bring it back to center, but once I did that it's been a tackdriver.
At least nothing has fallen off this pistol, like the left-side ambi safety lock lever did on my XSE, which fractured and fell off when I depressed it to start a string of fire.
It appears S&W has learned from some of its initial teething pains with the 1911 design, and is rapidly on its way to becoming a very strong presence in the ever increasing 1911-style pistol market.
The first LE agency which I heard of adopting the SW1911 was the Riverside SWAT team, which adopted a then-new railed version early last year, after testing and evaluating a number of 1911 pistols for their needs.
Found the .pdf press release ...
http://www.smith-wesson.com/wcsstore/SmWesson/upload/other/RiversideSEB.pdf
I'd buy another one, and might pick up one of the Gunsite Sc Commanders.
Lots of 1911-style pistols flooding the market.
I'd buy a Wilson CQB ... if it were half the price ...