Dang, I thought I'd be the first to be a smart alec and say the best non-1911 pistol is a S&W REVOLVER.
Frankly, I like 'em BETTER that any good 1911 I've ever owned!!!
Unless I've been drinkin' hard and long (coffee that is), they'll put a cylinder into one ragged hole at 10 yards every time, and roll coke cans with boring regularity too at 75 yards.
I'm most partial of my chopped barrel, 1980-made 25-2 . . . don't need a long barrel on this one!!!