> Everyones dream calibre would be a 230gr at 1500fps with the recoil of a .22!

That would be nice. The solution adopted by the top shooters in Sweden is to use SIG P210s in 7.65 Luger so that's what I'll be up against when I get better. Most use different 9x19 (again P210 being the preferred one), so I knew from the beginning a .45 ACP isn't very competitive, but it was the economical good enough solution for now at least.

Would have been nice if one could get 7.65 barrels/magazines/recoil springs for it as an upgrade later -- but that's clearly unrealistic. But is there perhaps a .22lr high accuracy conversion which fits?