Either a 1911 or the FN FNX-45 are on my to buy list. The FNX is boss for the large capacity, holding 15 rounds of 45 ACP is huge vs the usual 10 round capacity in the 45 ACP world.
If it is your first gun though, I'd always suggest a 9mm, a lot easier to develop bad habits with a larger caliper, mainly flinching. I don't care how much a man you are but flinching is a consistent problem with new shooters (had the same issue myself).
I've owned rifles thus far, but this will be my first handgun. I've fired a number of pistols, mostly revolvers, in a number of calibers; I've liked .45 ACP the most so far. That's a good point about developing habits, though.
Does the FN FNX-45 have a variable pressure trigger? That is, does it only fire if you pull back on the trigger quickly? That's a feature that I don't really enjoy.
Nope, I got the FNX-45 tactical. Clean trigger break with a short crisp reset. They do come with a metric ass-tonne of packing grease pumped into every crevice so I would do a full tare-down and clean because before that the trigger feels a little gritty and mushy. I took mine apart all the way and gave it a legit 1 hour cleansing/ lube and when I shot it for the first time is was oozing out brown packing grease out of the slide release and decocker after one mag. Seems like Sig/CZ/FN all apply bucket of packing grease at the factory.
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