I love my Rock Island, cant help it. Knowing I paid 400 dollars for a 1911 that outshoots my 800-1000 dollar guns puts a smile on my face. Its not the prettiest thing in the world but it functions flawlessly (after filing down the slide stop a tad) and is as accurate as I can make it. I'm sure the gun snobs will frown on this suggestion but go to the 1911 forum and do some research before you decide........... a lot of the more expensive pretty guns have A LOT of problems. FWIW if you want to go high end get a Springer Loaded, you wont be disappointed