Agree with with RIIID forged is the way to go. Got mine more than a few years ago, got bomar site installed, I think it was a wilson beaver-tail, dawson fiber-oped front site,bushing barrel, triger job to 4 lbs, para magazines, or meggar work, dawson basepads and guts, I thinks it was a old dawson magwell that I bought from someone. Yes 18 rnds with the weight of a forged frame yea it's heavy, but if you're like me their is nothing like a good 45apc in your hand, yea a 40 s&w would give ya 20 or 21 rnds but could cost mega bucks t have made from a 45, if you have to have a 40, I've got one of the xdm 40, and they are a sweet gun , and yes reloads are cheaper, and yes I like it, but it still sits on the shelve while I carry and compete with my 45