[Spats McGee]

I'm also curious as to the intended purpose for the 1911. If it's just a range goodie, intended to be as close to historically correct as you can get, that's fine. However, if it's going to be a carry piece, you might want to give up a little historical accuracy. In particular, if I were buying a 1911 to carry, the one feature that I would really look for is a lowered and flared ejection port. Not that I'm a gunsmith, but my gut says that sights, triggers, safeties, etc., can all be added with much less of an investment in smithing time than lowering and flaring the ejection port. (If anyone knows for sure that I'm wrong, please speak up.) Accordingly, that's one investment I'd make on the front end, if it's to be carried. If not, then it's less important.