Just my two cents here.....If anyone can bring a .50GI to the masses, at an affordable price, it would be Taurus. If a good .50GI 1911 platform ever came on the market at less than a grand, there would be a huge response from the shooting public. Only then would the bullet makers like Speer, start to develop a "low-velocity" .50 bullet that would give impressive ballistic performance. I really don't see why a mass produced .50 1911 is not happening. With modern CNC design, engineering, and production, and a working pistol as a model, there are no trial and error cost factors. I mean ...look at the Desert Eagle...a far more complicated design that is mass produced every day. There is every flavor of 1911s mass produced every day, in several different calibers, from .22LR to .45acp. Why is a .50 caliber so different that the only guns made in that caliber cost 3 times what the average 1911 costs. A firearm does not need 40 hours of handfitting just because the chambering is 11% larger in diameter. Numerous other worthy cartridges have faded into history, because they never made it into the affordable mass market. The .50GI will most likely suffer the same fate. Personally, I think it is a great addition to the 1911 lineup, as it adds a whole new dimension to a boring class of handguns. Let me quantify the term "boring" for a moment...I am constantly amazed by the huge number of variations on the 1911 platform. To justify a "NEW MODEL", the gun makers only have to change a barrel length, or change a checkering pattern, or change the sights, or change the grips, or change the finish, or mix and match all of their features into some variation that hasn't been done before by them. They claim to have the "CUSTOM" features like the lowered & flared ejection port, beavertail grip safety, speed hammer, etc. Gimme a break please.....the vast majority of 1911s all have these features, so they are in reality "STANDARD" features. Those might have been "CUSTOM" 15-20 years ago, but not now. After a while one becomes jaded to the "NEW" models that are constantly coming out. Oh Yeah...that "NEW" Commander Framed Custom Carry Titanium Desert Camo Operator II Night Sight model is out. The only difference between it and last years model, is that this one has grips made from laminated cockroach wings. Sorry for the long post....I guess that was four cents worth...