For the slower bullseye style you say you prefer I'd opt for a full length over a Commander just for the long sight baseline length. Plus the longer and greater mass should allow you to hold it a little more steadily.
I got to shoot a Norc NP29 that a buddy has treated as a project gun. And DANG was it a super accurate shooting gun with a superb trigger. But it was a project gun so you are only using the Norc components as your starting point. He did have to put a fair amount of work and expense into it. But if you were to go the same way you could get all the things you want. And of course it does not NEED to start with a Norc. It can start with anything. In his case it was the very shallow Norinco markings and the reputation for good steel used in the slide and frame that made him chose the Norc. And when the barrel proved to shoot so well he also opted to use it instead of an after market.
But if you want to start with everything you want without doing any post purchase work then that's a different matter. And to prevent buying a gun then replacing all the internals and sights that you just paid for I'm thinking that asking Dlask to build what you want to an agreed on budget would be the wise way to go. You get just what you want and you don't have half a gun sitting in a drawer somewhere.
Other than that I'd likely be looking at an STI or perhaps a Dan Wesson around your price point.
I got to shoot a Norc NP29 that a buddy has treated as a project gun. And DANG was it a super accurate shooting gun with a superb trigger. But it was a project gun so you are only using the Norc components as your starting point. He did have to put a fair amount of work and expense into it. But if you were to go the same way you could get all the things you want. And of course it does not NEED to start with a Norc. It can start with anything. In his case it was the very shallow Norinco markings and the reputation for good steel used in the slide and frame that made him chose the Norc. And when the barrel proved to shoot so well he also opted to use it instead of an after market.
But if you want to start with everything you want without doing any post purchase work then that's a different matter. And to prevent buying a gun then replacing all the internals and sights that you just paid for I'm thinking that asking Dlask to build what you want to an agreed on budget would be the wise way to go. You get just what you want and you don't have half a gun sitting in a drawer somewhere.
Other than that I'd likely be looking at an STI or perhaps a Dan Wesson around your price point.
