I am going to say the first thing that I want in a 1911 is that the dang thing runs. I have a Kimber TLE/RLII. I started shooting it in 2011. My mother in Law got it for me for Christmas. The problems started right off the bat. Many people say it takes hundreds of rounds to break it in. So I put hundreds of rounds through it so did my family.
I can't find the pictures now but after a lot of rounds it was still running pretty sketchy. The sights had to be replaced because they were not working. They were the night sights. They installed them off to one side so the gun had to go back. Then the slide cracked. I wish I could find the pictures.
I picked up a Springfield XDs 45 and that gun ran right off the bat.
One day I took both guns to the range and my son and I were laying on the ground shooting under the truck on our sides. We had 2x4's on the other side to be legs of the bad guys. We were just practicing what if's. My Springfield ran perfect. The Kimber would not shoot on it's side.
I quit CC that pistol because it was just not reliable.