S&W preformance center reviews?

[JB75]

I was looking at a S&W preformance center pistol and I was wondering if anyone had one and could let me know if its worth it. ($2300) for A 1911

 

[NIFT]

My one experience says it is absolutely not worth it.
A student of mine brought two identical, new S&W Performance Center 1911 guns to a class. With magazines, he had well over $4,000 in the guns.

On the range, the first one failed to feed the very first round. It was plainly visible through the ejection port that the bullet was jammed on the feed ramp. However, neither one of us could get the slide back. We couldn't get the slide forward, either. We couldn't get the magazine out. It was as though the gun had been welded.

Okay, he had a spare.
It fed the first round (whew)! However, on the fourth round it did exactly the same jam as the first gun. Locked solid. Couldn't get the slide forward. Couldn't get the slide back, and couldn't get the magazine out. Like it was welded.

The guy was devastated. $4,000 worth of S&W Performance Center 1911s, and neither worked. It wasn't the ammunition, because I let him borrow my Glock 21, and it performed flawlessly with his ammo (Winchester white box FMJ.)

I have zero--correction, negative--interest in a S&W Performance Center 1911.

 

[clt46910]

I don't know about the Performance Center guns but I have a regular 1911Sc that has been completely reliable for the last six years. The only complaint would be that the finish was a little thin.

 

[FERLACH]

I own 2 Smith Wesson Performance Center Revolvers. Both cost double what a standard model would cost. Both have very good smooth triggers, but I do not feel they are worth the extra money. Trigger smoothness and unusual barrel configureation are not worth more than double the price.

 

[Drail]

Nothing that S&W currently produces is worth what they want to charge for them. The Performance Center guns are an even bigger ripoff. If you want a nice S&W find an old one and have a real smith repair/rebuild/customize/tune it.

 

[04DarkShadowGT]

For that kind of coin on one gun Id rather have an Ed Brown or similar "higher end" 1911.

 

[ultraspec]

I have a smith 1911 PD (same as the sc with the scandium fram) not only has it been 100% but all my friends who have shot it at the range want one too.


I have another Sc that I havent shot yet and just picked a pro series up today and will be at the range tommorrow so we will see

 

[ghitch75]

get a Wilson Combat and be done with it..

 

[JB75]

Wow I'm glad I asked before buying. I seen something on a Ed brown massad ayoob signature series 1911 maybe I will research that one A little more. Thank you for the feedback everyone.