I ended up buying a Colt Lightweight Officers Model. It's all black I've got a whole list of things to do to it. It will eventually look like a Kimber CDP. It already has a full length guide rod installed with a single spring. I polished up the trigger components, installed a C&S sear spring and tuned it to about 4 1/4lb. The slide will be Armaloy coated, which looks like matte stainless. Armaloy is only .0001-.0002 thick, will not chip, and has a harness of >70 Rc. The mag catch, thumb safety, and barrel bushing will be coated as well. I want to install a stainless hi-rise beavertail and a stainless S&A mainspring housing/magwell. An adjustable aluminum trigger will replace the plastic piece. The firing pin stop will be stainless as well as an extended slide release. I'll finish it off with thin rosewood grips w/stainless screws and a set of night sights. More to come later.