I find it interesting how the manufactures are building polymer gun that are reincarnations of metal guns so now out of favor. In particular Smith 3rd gens are getting copied by everybody in plastic essentially.

Now Bill Wilson, a respected 1911 maker of guns, is building his latest creation; the EDC X9 that only differs from a 5903 or 5943 in that it is a single action instead of a TDA or DAO. The materials, weight, and specifications are all the same as the "outdated" 3rd gens at way more money. It even has the same back strap curve as well and holds 15 rounds. Hmmm.
This gun is getting high praise from the gun mag writers. I guess those of us who already know a good platform don't need or want the public praise as we don't want the prices of good 3rd gens to go any higher, LOL.

Just looked at it. Um, no. Don't like. Was expecting something similar to the new Daewoo Lionheart, which the Wilson resembles.

Yeah, I'm not seeing much 3rd Gen family resemblance other than the curved backstrap. Seems to be more of a 1911 Commander clone than a 3rd Gen clone.

Speaking of clones, I found the BHP clone that I'm going to buy just as soon as I win the lottery!

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Just $4,000 and change.

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I don't see how this gun is all that close to the 59 series. It may have a similar look but the 59 also looked like it borrowed some looks from the 1911, which Bill makes. It looks more like it borrowed some from his compact handgun line. If you look at them there's definitely resemblance

Also I wouldn't consider this gun or the company something common. When they start pumping out thousands at $500 retail then ok. But until then it's going to be a limited gun for those who can afford to spend $3k on a handgun. No different than the guy who made limited production run of the Luger. Doesn't make the Luger a comeback or copied by anyone.

So who else is everybody else that's doing polymer reincarnations of the 3rd gen? Lionheart doesn't count. Its a rebranded Daewoo DP51 that's been a 59 series copy from long ago......1989 in fact. The current Lionheart is a collaboration between Daewoo (now S&T Motiv) and Lionheart Industries of Redmond, WA in 2011 as the LH9, LH9C, and LH9 MKII 

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I just finished Dwayne Charron's excellent book, My Life Journey with Smith & Wesson.
Dwayne was the head of S&W's Experimental Shop.
Did you know that in the 60s, they acquired a block of nylon and machined it into a Model 39 frame?
It seemed to work OK but wasn't that much lighter than the aluminum it replaced.

Maybe it's true that there is "nothing new under the sun".

John

In saying the Smiths are being copied by... I was more referring to the platform general specifications: size, weight, capacity etc. rather than the copying of the looks. Sorry for the confusion.