Hmm, well...?
Some new S & W are all metal 2 tone:
E series 1911
I do happen to like the current stock of what they have. I've never been one of the 1911 guys. I know I'll get crucified in person for saying this but...
The design is 100 years old. There are very few things we use, even if that have stood the test of time, without some sort of improvement. I know every manufacturer has their own spin on the design, you know, that's just me, I guess. I look at it as the NASCAR approach to gunmaking (they use old and new technology, instead of all new, for.... reasons I don't quite understand).
First S&W I handled, under supervision, was my grandmother's 61 escort. Gramps service weapon of choice was the 645 and had an awesome stainless 459, and the second version M&P, the model 10, in .38 special. In the closet was a S&W model 3000, which was lost back there and became rusted shut.
These are the guns I think of when I think of old Smith & Wesson. Nostalgia... its a sonofagun.
Take a look at these beauties
