For home defense your "high end 1911" would probably be fine, but since I've been going to shooting competitions and seeing what everyone uses. I've seen more malfunctions with the 1911 platform than any polymer out there, just because you spent all the money on it doesn't mean it will perform flawlessly.. And this is just an observation an not to knock down the 1911 platform as I am a huge fan of them.. But I wouldn't get 1 for competition shooting..