S&W, Taurus and others make 1911’s or 1911 variants in .38 Super.
The .38 Super got something of a bad rap due to headspacing issues decades ago - it is a semi-rimmed cartridge, but some manufactures didn’t hold tolerances correctly and it would end up headspacing off the cartridge mouth, resulting in some failures to fire.
Nowadays, you find a lot of race guns (in IPSC or USPSA, for example) that are .38 Supers. They’re hot-hot-hot loads, pushing a lot of pressure to light up a compensator. Top competitors like the .38 Super because it can be loaded to make a light pill make “major” power factors in IPSC, meaning that they’re getting the same points multipliers as a .45ACP. The advantage of the .38 Super over the .45 ACP is that you can fit a more ammo into a double-stack mag with a .38 Super than a .45ACP. A competitor to the .38 Super is the 9x21mm round. My race gun mag holds 21 rounds and merely has an extended base plate.
I rarely read of someone owning a .38 Super or 9x21 for CCW use.
Factory load 38super sucks real bad compared to those handloads you are talking about. 9mm luger +P+ meets or exceeds factory 38super. If you are going with factory loads and you want the kind of performance you are describing you better go with 9x23winchester.
Thanks for the update on .38 super. I haven’t really thought about the round or looked for manufacturers of guns chambered for it in a long time and I don’t shoot competitively any more so haven’t kept up. I always liked the .38 super back in the day. As you pointed out though, I know of no one who carries one for self defense.