I have shot some on the list but own none. I do own a Les Baer TRS, a Dan Wesson CBOB and a Colt CCO customized by Wild West Guns. I will limit my comments to the Dan Wesson and the Les Baer because I have shot them extensively.
In today's market I think that the Dan Wessons, I have shot the Valor enough that I feel I can comment, is the gateway drug to high end 1911s. If I did not already own a TRS I would get one. You can get one for $1500 to $1800 depending on finish and your local market. They are well fitted. They have premium parts and are very close to the JMB spec. So you can swap out what you want if you feel the need to modify or customize. Not many shooters will find it a DW 1911 is the thing holding them back. They are 95% + of the way to a $5000+ Gun like a Wilson Supergrade or full house custom.
If I were in the market for another high end 1911 I would get a Valor and then customize it a bit and send it to Dave Severns for a Hard Hat treatment. I personally would have it dehorned swap the trigger and a few other mods. My CBOB was my EDC for a few years before it was replaced by my custom Colt CCO. It was more than enough gun in my hands for any task I will face. The CBOB is better gun than I am a shooter and the same goes for the Valor. After all I consider myself a duffer with a professional set of clubs... LOL
The Les Baer TRS is the same price point as the the Permier II so I think it meets the OPs criteria. It is a great gun. It is soooo tight. Almost too tight but it runs. I have never had a hiccup with the gun. I acquired it used but it had only had about 200 rounds down the pipe. This gun does not have the 1.5" guarantee but in the right hands I know it is close to that level. The trigger is crisp and clean. It breaks a little under 5lbs which is where I wanted it. It is a defense gun for me not a target gun.
Down the road as the bluing wears I might swap the sights out and then again get Hard Hat treatment or teflon. The blue finish on the Les Baer is its only weakness. I love the look but it simply does not hold up as well as some of todays better coating like Hard Hat, Wilson Tuff Armor or even the DW Duty Coat.
I personally found the checkering and some of the lines on the pistol to be too sharp. I knocked them down a bit with a extra fine stone and this preference was easy to correct. When you look at all the hand work that goes into these pistols they are a great value at $1900 price point. It is far more gun than I am capable of taking advantage of. I am confident it will outlast my lifetime and most likely my sons. These guns are built the old school way and it shows.
IMHO you cannot go wrong with either of these pistols. If I had to choose one or the other today off the shelf it would be the Valor because I could customize it and refinish it for the same price as the Baer. When you get above this price point the law of diminishing returns kicks in. I have shot Wilsons which cost 2Xs as much and while I can appaerciate what went into it I am not enough of a shooter to need it. I have come to the realization that the TRS is more than enough gun for me. That does not mean I will never buy one but they are not at the top of my current want/need list.
