I've spent lots of time using a Glock. Trusted my life to one more than once, however, with my hand size the glock 21 is not conducive and they don't make a .45 in the compact frame. My job's not hush hush or secret squirrel or any other crap that people try to push off but they do require some discretion. Part of my job focuses around maritime environments and the only time I see DoS guys running around is when some big shot is sticking his nose in and we all dress up and play games anyway. I get what your saying about the, this guy is not like the others, but most of the guy's I've worked with carry 1911's. A lot of them are former SF, SAS, Rangers and a couple of SEALs. My specialty is medical in nature. I asked a few of them their opinion and they all felt the same way, 1911 is the way to go. I even had a conversation with a former SF sniper, he thought going to a glock was the smartest thing they (SF) ever did but as he pointed out, this isn't special forces and we aren't in the middle of nowhere. We have super qualified gun smiths and some times they just look bored. So having a weapon that might need some tuning from time to time, every 5k rounds or so, isn't a bad thing. You are correct though, if we were going to bang it out day to day or even weekly with someone then a glock might be the correct choice but I'd rather be comfortable with my weapon than feel uncomfortable because of size. Also, ammo availability is not an issue, I've often wondered how our logistical trains work out so well, we seem to have endless supplies of the stuff, the correct answer was that some one up the food chain thought what we were doing was important so they made it easier, notice I didn't say easy, on us. Also, and this blows me away, fully half of the guys I work with, carry AK long guns, the other half AR.