The Smith & Wesson® SW1911 E-Series Semi-Auto Pistol uses the same John Browning design as the standard-issue .45 caliber M1911 sidearm used by the United States Armed Forces from 1911 to 1985, tough with modern features you would only expect on a custom gun. Smith & Wesson added deep fish-scale scallops on the front and rear gripping surfaces of the stainless steel slide to provide an aggressive non-slip grip for manual cycling. The frontstrap of the grip frame and the mainspring housing are also aggressively checkered for a secure grasp, and the top of the slide is full-length grooved with S&W's classic revolver barrel-rib pattern. The wooden grip panels are figured with an attractive fish-scale pattern that matches the slide-grip surfaces.

Smith & Wesson also refined the internal mechanism of the SW1911 E-Series Semi-Automatic Pistol for enhanced reliability. A patent-pending S&W Model 1911 trigger was engineered that allows the trigger to be precisely hand-fitted instead of simply installed during the assembly process without adding undue expense to the process. The new trigger eliminates excessive vertical and front-to-back freeplay in the frame slot, providing shooters with a precisely fitted trigger, equal to or better than a lot of custom triggers. The trigger also has an adjustable setscrew for overtravel. The E-Series 1911 features an extra heavy-duty external extractor and a redesigned ejection port to guarantee reliable case ejection with the many varieties of ammo available today. Continued features from the previous SW1911 line include a full-length steel recoil-spring guide rod, open-end guide rod cap, and a visual loaded-chamber window at the rear top of the barrel hood. The humpbacked beavertail safety cups the hammer to keep it from biting the shooter's hand, and the manual thumb safety has an extended combat-type lever. The operating features–beavertail safety, manual safety, magazine release button, and slide release lever–are a contrasting matte black, as are the steel 3-dot front and rear sights. The Smith & Wesson SW1911 E-Series Semi-Auto Pistol comes with two 8-round magazines with buttpads.
Manufacturer model #: 108482.

Trigger eliminates excessive vertical and front-to-back freeplay
Redesigned ejection port to guarantee reliable case ejection
Beavertail safety cups the hammer to keep it from biting the shooter's hand
Manual thumb safety
Steel 3-dot front and rear sights