RE: New handgun (.45 ACP!)
My ususal carry gun is a Para P-12, in a Don Hume IWB holster. Works fine.
My carry gun for when I am not carrying a gun is a S&W M36, which the Taurus resembles. No reason the shorties are not as mechanicly accurate as a longer barrel, but practical accuracy is a bit toughter. Did you ever bench the Tausrus? Pretty surprising just what those "belly guns" will do.