with the
Honorable 18DAI.
I've been able to buy a few Performance Center (Center = BUILDING not assembly line #5) pistols and they are unique and worthy of the logo.
Maybe today "PC" stands for partially canted
A distant analogy might be years ago when US auto makers had been making muscle cars and sports cars then short-sighted marketers decided that a pinstripe and mini spoiler made a tin can a "sport edition."
It took some hard lessons for them to realize putting a pony & script "Mustang" on a 4cyl *** didn't make it so and diluted the brand. Maybe some gun guys will ascend at S&W management & realize how poor branding can waste massive amounts of capital.
Lad