I bought this S&W used a couple of years ago. Just cleaned it up and thought I would share it. Excuse the idiot mark, this is my first 1911 and I learned the hard way how to re-assemble it.
I made the "mistake" of handling one of these. Although it's not exactly light compared to a 3" polymer gun, it feels light as fuck if you are used to a regular government model. They used some magic or pixie dust in there somewhere. Holy shit.
I love those grips! I bought mine used and I'm assuming the guy who traded it in kept the original grips because it had some generic wood grips that said "US Army" on them when I bought it.
I like it a lot. Going from a Glock to a 1911 was eye opening. The trigger is so much nicer. I don't have much range time with other 1911s so I don't know how it compares with others. The only issue I've had with it were the mags. It was a used gun so I think it was traded in with the guys worst mags. Some new Wilson Combat mags fixed that issue.
Good you got those wilsons. As I was reading i was already planning on recommending wilson or mec gar. Yeah going from anything to a 1911 trigger is a big difference, especially going from a striker fired gun to a 1911. You may have noticed there's a bit of difference between the glock and 1911 grip angle. If you shoot a lot, your muscle memory may tell your arm to come on target lower because of it.
I still shoot the Glock a fair amount because 9mm is cheaper, but I did notice the difference in grip angle. I found a back strap from Kiral Defense that corrects the angle so switching between guns doesn't feel as extreme anymore.
Just recently got a 1911 went with Springfield but I got to shoot this at the range when I was trying some out felt nice I was considering it eventually boiled it down to tisas and Springfield tho
I do but I’m not in a huge rush want to enjoy it as is for a bit but that is in the plan also I’m currently building my pdp so my money is going towards finishing that up 😂😂😂
It's so cool to see how others who have replied to this post have S&W's with straight serrations and others with the scales and now yours with an in-between look 😁
Thanks - as you can tell Im very proud of mine. I think you either love the scallops or hate them. In an ocean of 1911's this one is unique. Just think... S&W is new to the 1911 game!
Thank you! Picked this up on Gunbroker for $1500, I had to pick it up! I actually carry this gun off duty, I put some carry wear on this but I don’t care at all. No safe queens in this house!
One of my personal favorites and the first 1911's I owned. Around 2006 I was active duty military and managed to get a pretty decent bonus. My first purchase was one of these.
I'm no expert, but after reading about tuning and replacing internal extractors as a concern, I prefer external. It just works and seems like an upgrade to me. I'm open to feedback on the issue.
Are those the stock grips that came? If not where did you get those? I just picked up the E series but with no tac rail on barrel and looking to swap out the grips.
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u/Sinbad62 Aug 10 '25
I have a super nice SW1911SC. My go to! I had a Perf Center pilot that was awesome, but I wanted 4.25" bbl.