Okay I'm I've narrowed it down to two handguns. The Colt "Wiley Clap" Talo Commander (TC), and the Colt 1911 New Agent (NA). Now I know the TC is a bit bigger 1 1/4"? I believe? but I'm hearing from several people the smaller colts have problems with jams and the likes. I don't want to get something I'm about to spend big money on and have hangups, etc. I'm a small guy 5'7" 165lbs and I was carryin a Glock 22 but my wife said that's way to big to CC and it shows. So she told me to look for something else. So I think I found it. Now I want to get other opinions and see what the Arfcom Hive thinks.

They work for distances encountered in typical CCW situations. Dinner plate sized groups are lethal groups at that distance.

One of the distributors, maybe Talo/Lipseye's did a run of New Agents with real sights. Not sure what they used for them. Probably the ones on the Defender. But I'm guessing and too lazy to look up specifics.

The Clapp is a nice gun. I'd go that way. Not likely a big difference once you get a good holster for it. 3" 1911's are for devotees of the platform. The Commanders are much more accessible IMO. It's probably #2 on my 1911 shopping list.

Thanks. It took a long time for Max to be accepted into the Cowboy fraternity. It was a long, hard road, but worth the effort.

I have a New Agent, the trench sights arent too bad. They take some getting use to and until I did, I had a tendency to shoot about 4 inches high at 10 yards. I changed out the short grip bushings and installed a Crimson Trace front activated laser grip. It suits me well for concealed carry here in Florida. I wear mostly shorts and tee shirts 10 months out of the year. The Colt replaced a G-26 for my primary carry.