Cool, I appreciate the advice. I'll probably continue to look around at the 1911 types. Maybe I can find a used 1911 that has had some work done on it. At this point, I have owned nothing but S&W revolvers. I generally prefer long arms, but I feel the need to buy a 1911. Nothing else will do as far as I'm concerned. I don't want a race gun, or even a custom job. A buddy of mine who is no longer with us, had a 1911 that was stock except for the recoil spring, sights and ejection port smoothing. That's all he did to it. I do believe that it was an AO, but I can't remember for sure. Function over looks is what I want.