I shot 9mm in a SA/DA for years and had no romantic notion about 45 ACP in an Ol' Slab Side.
Then for a while it seemed like every gun rag had cover story after cover story about 1911s, so I decided to see what all the fuss was about and bought a used DW Panther at a pawn shop.
I discovered that the platform was a natural for me, almost effortless to shoot. My carry gun at the time was a Walther PP in 32 ACP, and I found that the 45 was more comfortable to shoot than the 32. And a helluvalot more comfortable to shoot than the next carry gun, a Charter 44 Special.
Oddly, my aluminum framed 3.3" Sig Ultra 1911 is just at comfortable to shoot as the 5" DW Panther. Really odd since my steel framed 3.5" RIA compact is not as comfortable to shoot as the Sig. Go figure...
I even ran an IDPA match with the Sig and did not feel like it was a handicap. Try
THAT with whatever your favorite carry gun is...
And because my first 1911 was a DW, well the rest, as they say, is history...
