Right now, I'd imagine its "all hands on deck" at the Houlton plant as it is.

Since they're firewalled with work making profitable 1911s, why bother diverting capital to making a "classic" with limited appeal?

Ultimately that's the core problem S&W faces in marketing any 3rd Gen today. Who's going to spend $1000 on a single stack 9mm? About the same number of people who would spend $2000 on a 10mm pistol,as in not enough to justify lifting a corporate finger. Unless one of us has north of $500K to offer as upfront payment to the company for a custom order of pistols, its not gonna happen.