First off, welcome to the Forum dougthug!

I currently own the exact item that you are referring to.

It is a pleasure to shoot and very accurate, I have actually yet to find a gun that is not accurate though.

Functions well and has no problems.

I load down my 45's and had to install a lighter recoil spring, but other than that, it's been trouble free.

As to if it's worth the extra cash, well only you can decide that. I think it is, but that's just me. It's what I wanted and that's what I got. I did have a choice of two from two different outlets, asked the first if they would price match, they would not, so I went to the other outlet and bought it there....close to $1050, plus tax, etc.

I also really like the two-tone look.

Oh, and I got a few extra McCormick Star magazines for it that run well too.