What is you deff of higher grade 1911, I was really leaning toward a colt new agent.
As in Dan Wesson or higher, JMO. Colt puts out a good gun for sure, if you pick one up just put some rounds through it and make sure you get some good mags.
Keep one thing in mind, carrying lets say a Colt New Agent compared to a CCO sized gun (Commmander sized slide on an officer/micro frame) isn't much different. In fact I doubt you'd notice a difference with a good holster and your reliability variables decrease. Just throwing that out there....