And the Sako extractor as well?
Never owned or worked on a Sako. Dunno.
Don't leave it like that. I'd really like to know your 3rd, 2nd and 1st choices.
Sigh ... I halfway expected someone might call me on that ...
Okay, strictly from a
personal perspective when it comes to practical reliability, functionality & armorer support in a service-type .45 (meaning NOT taking into account what some folks might like to label as aesthetics or eye-appeal when choosing a gun), on any given day my personal preferences for a 'working gun' in .45 run ... in approx order ...
1911
M&P 45
45XX
P90DC
P220
G21
HK45
The earlier comment about "4th/5th" choice is the result of having handled and used a lot of 220's over the years (going back to when they were imported as the BDA), but eventually deciding I preferred the robust nature and durability of the boxy (and admittedly "less-than-aesthetic") Ruger KP90DC when it came time to spend my money.
That doesn't mean I
dislike any of the others which I've owned, tried or had the opportunity to use during some T&E, or that I necessarily consider them to be of 'less quality'. Not at all. For example, I borrowed and carried a nice HK P9S .45 for a while which I was considering buying, but finally decided not to keep it because of the lack of really good leather and parts support.
It simply means that at some point, for one reason or another, I've decided that I didn't feel sufficiently interested enough in one or another of some of them to either keep them, or even spend my own money buying one in the first place.
At the present time the 9 pistols I own which are chambered in .45 are represented by the first 4 makes/models on the above list.
I'd have no problem whatsoever carrying issued models of the Sig 220, Glock 21 or HK .45's.
Sig has improved and refined their 220 design over the years since it's started seeing a lot of LE use, and it's a pretty decent gun.
I tend to favor the traditional double action version myself, and don't particularly care for the enhanced double action only (DAK) version. Lots of folks like the DAK, though.
The SRT (Short Reset Trigger) option they introduced was interesting. (FWIW, we were told it had originally been developed for a LE contract they were competing for, according to the instructor & rep in my Sig armorer class.)
Nice guns. Congrats again.