lee n. field
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$2000 Budget Two Gun Challenge
Sig P22X (I love the Elite Stainless but anything else is fair game as well)
GP100 4"
686 4"
Beretta 92FS
CZ75/85
STI Trojan 5" (stainless strongly preferred but probably too expensive for the exercise)
Baby Desert Eagle - steel
Colt King Cobra
Other 1911 in the $700+ range made in the USA
2 grand to spend on 2 guns.
If it was me, one would be a stainless Springfield Milspec. A basic 1911, pretty much the only 1911 that appeals to me, and inexpensive enough that I'm not going to fret when it picks up the inevitable marks of use, abuse and handling.
Nothing else on your list really appeals to me.