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All Kimbers Custom IIs and Smith and Wesson 1911s have Swartz style firing pin safeties.Colt Series 80s have the Series 80 Passive Firing Pin Safety. All of these will add some creep to the trigger. Many dislike firing pin safeties because possible reliability issues and reduced trigger pull quality. I use a Colt Series 80 38 Super in ESP and I couldn't say with any sort of honesty that I notice it any difference between it and my Springfield Series 70 TM when I am shooting 100 MPH.... other than one is a 45 and I need to hold on a little bit more

STI Trojan, Kimber Custom II Tactical and a few others have aluminum alloy frames. Myself, I would stick to a frame made out of some sort of steel.

STI Spartan's are made by Armscorp in the Philippines.They have no track record as of yet.

I agree with Capel, stick to Colt and Springfield as these producers (I found this out from my somewhat sad 1911 gunsmithing experience ) keep closest to the original dimensions and tolerances of the GI pistol. It will be a little easier to modify and get parts for and the aftermarket parts come sized to the GI specs in most cases.

I wouldn't spend big money up front. I'd go for a Springfield Loaded. They can be had for 750 bucks delivered from Buds Gun Shop or Gunbroker if you are patient enough to wait for a good deal. Take the 250 dollars you saved and buy a nice holster, belt, mag pouches, super-cool IDPA khaki concealment vest and ammo / reloading components. Take a sharpie and black-out those damn 3-dot sights and put a thousand rounds through it before you do ANYTHING...no magwells, G-10 grip panels, fiber optics, etc. Once you get some experience under your belt you'll be in a much better position to know what you want. Don't do like I do....spend loads of cash of crap you don't need and don't like because you thought at the time that's what you wanted or what everyone else was using.

....and I know I am not the only one on these forums guilty of that!

-Mike