I appreciate the comments. I was seriously tempted by the appearance of a Gold Cup Commander in the capitol city but is was on the shelf only a couple days. Someone came in and put it on layaway. Colts in my parts are on the shelf a matter of days. A custom shop Gunsite model was available for about a week. Springfield armory seems to be taking up the slack on 45's. I see many more of them for sale. Soooo, I probably need to decide how bad I want one. I am happy to see that Colt is still producing the 1911.