When I bought my Creed, I was looking for a handgun that could be shot very accurately for home defense, and yet still had enough punch to do the job. Creed won on all accounts. I still can’t believe how inexpensive it is (and yet, well built).
For under $400, it is very hard to go wrong with a Creed.
Also prefer the Federal HST, but I use 147gr pills (+p or not, doesn’t matter). A good resource for best performing ammo in virtually all serious calibers is the Lucky Gunner testing.
Top three I own and prefer and all shoot fabulous:
Glock 17 generation 4
CZ P07
CZ 75B
like i said…all shoot well…all use either 17 or 17 plus two magazines…The Mecgar CZ 75 mags work well in both CZ’s I listed and I have a 19 round magazine for the CZ’s so I’d say that’s what you call high capacity.
I just reread this, why was there no recommendations for the Browning/FN Hi Power? Thats about as 1911 as you can get without going 1911 and it has better capacity than a 1911. There are also several clones that are pretty decent.