SoCalDep, thank you for taking so much time to write a lengthy and detailed post with many good facts and opinions. This is the type of information I desperately need. I'm trying to know it all in a couple of months, which is a ridiculous idea. The fact is, I'm already much further ahead than I was last month. My knowledge and experience on and with the 1911 will slowly grow just as it has with everything else I have knowledge on and experience with!