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Currently own five 45s and sold two others, but don't carry any of them any longer.....

• 1943 Ithaca 1911A1, my dad's WW2 sidearm, I never carried it, but did use it sometimes as a "car gun" before I ever got a carry license.
• Springfield Loaded 1911A1, used to carry
• M&P45 full-size, used to carry
• XDM-45 Compact 3.8 Stainless, used to carry
• XDS-45 Two-tone, used to carry
• Sig GSR 1911 4" Carry Stainless, used to carry (Sold)
• Kimber Ultra Carry II Stainless, used to carry (Sold)

I enjoy shooting my .45s, but I don't carry any of them anymore. I pretty much stick to Glock 9mms these days. If I were to carry any of the .45s, it would be the XDM and the XDS.

In the end, it was about weight versus capacity. I'm not saying the Glocks are better guns than any of my .45s.....they're not....but fully loaded, my largest Glock, a G17, weighs less than most of my .45s fully loaded, with a lot more rounds on tap. And I don't mean to reignite the old 9mm vs .45 debate, but these days, with the quality of ammo having improved so much, I think the difference in effectiveness between the two calibers is less than it used to be. And having worked on more GSW fatalities than I care to remember, most of them shot DRT with a .22, shot placement is king. They didn't seem any deader just because they were shot with a caliber beginning with "4"......although a .41 Magnum with hollow points makes a truly impressive exit wound......more like a high velocity rifle hunting bullet.

There is something virile and "manly" about carrying a .45, but I'm past caring about things like that. But I'm not selling any of mine because I do like to shoot them.