Rob Pincus
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Anyone got their hands on one yet? What's the scoop?
S&W's new single action
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This may sound like heresy to some but it looks like every other custom 1911 out there to me. Hopefully it will be a good gun (it got a good review in Shooting Times or Guns and Ammo, I forget which) and reasonably priced, but from what I've seen there's nothing unique about it other than the S&W logo on a 1911.
Their hybrid 4506/1911 single action looked more interesting to me.
http://www.smith-wesson.com/products/firearms/images/standard/SW108282.jpg
Their hybrid 4506/1911 single action looked more interesting to me.
http://www.smith-wesson.com/products/firearms/images/standard/SW108282.jpg
Rob Pincus
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I own one of the rare Performance Center single action 4006 conversions and it is a very sweet gun.
The new 1911 frame looks almost exactly like the 945 frame, but the slide is not quite as flashy. My 945 is an outstanding single angle gun, although it's big. I'm expecting the 1911 to compare with the 945 much like the 4013TSW compares to the ShortyForty: It wil be a production version of the custom gun without all the flash.
Anyone shot one yet?
The new 1911 frame looks almost exactly like the 945 frame, but the slide is not quite as flashy. My 945 is an outstanding single angle gun, although it's big. I'm expecting the 1911 to compare with the 945 much like the 4013TSW compares to the ShortyForty: It wil be a production version of the custom gun without all the flash.
Anyone shot one yet?
David Roberson
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JohnK, when was the last time you saw a gun get a bad review in Shooting times or Guns and Ammo?
Rob Pincus
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Good Point, Dave... the intersting thing is that production guns weren't available for T&E until within the last couple weeks. I'm going to do the review for SWAT, and the coverage won't realisticly be out on the newstands until this summer because of printing lag-time. The same thing was the case when I reviewed the Springfield XD... we got a very early gun form them, before they were shipping to dealers, yet we were probably the last major mag to print a reveiw... it's funny how waiting for production guns will cause you to be "behind" the curve. 
According to folks at the S&W forum, it has an MSRP of $950, with projected street prices of $700-775 according to most dealers.
The fact that S&W can make all their own forgings, castings, and machined parts, and has huge volume purchase for things like sights and other accessories bodes well for the value proposition, but the proof is in the shooting. Talked to two local dealers and they both have standing orders for them already, sight unseen.
Should be lots of PR at the time of the SHOT show, undoubtedly they will want to make a splash with this and the .45 ACP SW99.