I wasn't really looking for a new 1911, but I did want to get a gov't size eventually given the fact that I had two commanders. I happened to run across a MAC Classic at CDNN that looked like a really nice gun. After a little research, I realized that the MAC Classic is Metro Arms higher end gun and is supposed to be hand fitted with a lot of high end features. It seemed to have overwhelmingly good reviews and CDNN had it for $589, vs $809 & up everywhere else I looked. I decided to give it a go since the price was so good, it arrived yesterday and I'll be taking it out to the range (hopefully) tomorrow afternoon for a range test. I have to say that it has tightest slide to frame fit of any 1911 I've ever handled and almost takes a divine act to manually cycle the slide. I've been told that this is OK and it will loosen right up after some break in at the range. Seems like a very nice gun for the $.