+1 for the rock island armory 1911, I found this GI issue on sale, for about $375 (i think, it was a few years ago) but I've ran at least 1.5k rounds thru it, used everything between Winchester hollow points to cheap range reloads, and I've never had an issue with it. I keep two magazines, one is loaded with 4 or 5 rounds and the other empty, I rotate them when I clean them, every week if I shoot or not.. So I don't stretch the springs out, seems to be the biggest problem with any magazine... For my daily carry, I have a Taurus PT140 .40 cal, 3.5 inch barrel 10+1 capacity, easily 2k rounds, never jammed, had 2 failure to fire while using range reload ammo, but it has the "second chance" on it, so every time you squeeze the trigger the firing pi drops! when carrying I use only Winchester hollow points, and treat it the same as my 1911, 1 mag at half capacity, the other empty, clean and switch every week. I can easily make 2" shot groups at 10 yards all day long with this gun, Edit: its the jarhead in me that makes me clean them everyweek...