Per my PM I sent you earlier, had the opportunity to shoot a variety of Colt 1911's this past weekend.. My father-in-law has a serious collection of them.. over 2 dozen 1911's in various configurations.. some never fired..many that are..

He came by the ranch for the weekend and brought along 4 of them along with other firearms..Sunday morning we went down to my pistol range to try a few out..Loaded the first one in 9mm.. was a ton of fun to shoot. Very accurate, no malfunctions.. and quicker, at least for me, on follow up shots.. then loaded up another he had chambered in 10mm.. It was very interesting watching the metal targets movement when hit with the 10mm.. The targets were moving all the way to the back of their travel pattern and hitting the stop.. This one proved to be very accurate as well with zero malfuntions... I had brought along my Glock model 20 chambered in 10mm as well as a Glock model 19.. While they also functioned without the hitch, I MUCH prefer the fit and feel of the 1911's. I have said before and will say again, IMHO, there is not pistol I have felt that feels as good in the hand as a 1911.. which is probably why 100+ years later, its still so popular..

I do feel having a 1911 in 9mm is a good training handgun choice.. cheaper to practice with, less recoil for those less experienced and allows for long training sessions...