A Cold 1911 is nice, but you can’t go wrong with a Beretta 92M (or the Civilian version) ... same firepower as a 1911 at less than half the price. Going price around where I live is about $550. A decent 1911 is going to run $1300 and up (at least around where I live.)
I had a model 92 Beretta for years. It was one of the very early models with the mag release on the lower butt and a 1911 type safety. No decocker at all.
It never had any reliability problems of any kind. It was a great pistol except the grip was just a little too fat for my hand. It was one of the few 9mms I have owned which would detonate sub machine gun ammo every time.