SunnySlopes
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Sunny Slopes, yours is known as a “Billboard” S&W 1911 because of the large imprint on the side. Initially, deemed ugly, with many actually sanding the slide to remove it, they are now considered collectible. The eternal extractor makes this 1911 very reliable, but “1911 purists” consider it apostasy.
The early S&W 1911s were only made for a few years before the were replaced by the 1911-E series.
I understand that there is a small niche of users that use them competitively.
I like mine.
It's a little too big for little ol' me EDC on my belt by doable if I had to.