Springfield website: Link.

Short version: An inexpensive, almost custom (yes, almost) grade 1911.

No rail dust cover. Wilson retro rear sight, retro commander-style hammer, and a Wilson sear. Ameriglo tritium/orange ring front sight. No extended mag well. Black T finish. No forward cocking serrations. Grips are, weirdly, not VZs, even though VZ makes three different Vickers Tactical grip sets, and have a funny logo on them that doesn't look like the usual Vickers Tactical logo. Ships with Wilson ETM-Vs. Only available in 45 Auto.

I like parts of it - the retro rear sight and hammer - but other parts make me wonder, "Why?" Like the grips (pretty much everything about the grips, apart from the material) and the cocking serrations. It's like they were trying to go for a retro gun with a modern spin (like the front sight... and pretty much only the front sight), and then decided that it was too much work.

Springfield's politics aside, and without handling one, this gets a big, "meh," from me; but I'm sure it will be on par with SAI's TRPs.