No sarcasm. I love the 1911, but only with a flat mainspring housing. The Delta Elite was a pleasure to shoot when I got to shoot it, just expensive. In all honesty, I'd probably only want one for the novelty. I prefer the softer shove-like recoil of the 45acp over the 10mm and it's sharper recoil. I would trade a pair of worn out torsion bars for a 40 S&W, I just wouldn't buy one. I far prefer revolvers over automatics since I don't trust their newfangled technology. (This is the humor part, still not sarcasm.)