It ' s an interesting gun . I agree it is beautiful . The 45 ACP does add a lot of kick and maybe for a beginner too much . The glock does fit well in the hand , and is much lighter . I also added fiber active sites and a light . Problem is both guns are full sized which can be hard to conceal . I ' ve found an IWB for my 1911 that does the job though . Any way you can fire each before buying ? They are polar opposites . The glock has no safety and the trigger has a very long pull , whereas the colt is much shorter and has a safety . It makes a huge difference . Best way to describe it is the glock is spongy while the 1911 is crisp . The other problem is 45 ammo is definitely more expensive . Something to keep i min depending on how much you want to shoot . My EDC bullets are these in 45 autop 220 grcritduty and these in 9 mm 135 grFlexLockCriticalDUTY . Thr P does add a good amount of recoil , so the good thing is you can with something like these for less recoil , but less powerACP 185 grCriticalDefense but still enough to do a ton of damage . For target ammo you can get 1000 9 mm for maybe 200 in winchester white . R 45 is a lot for first gun , but I love mine . I think I paid 630 15 on the glock before finding this awesome method . My colt they wanted for 850 I got for 600 . If you are interested in either shoot me a pm and I ' ll show you how I did it . Where are you located ? IF you are nearby in Atlanta I ' ll let you shoot some mags with mine . I sort of wish I only had my Colt now . It just feels better to me . I still need to work o the recoil and working out double tap technique with the kick , but it ' s a beautiful gun I plan on keeping for good and become an heirloom . The glock ? Not so much . Any other questions , please ask ! And if you wan that info how I got such a good deal on the 1911 From Bass pro shops either reply or message me preferably message if you want to know the discount thing