My advice is to carry a striker gun. Won’t find another who loves the 1911 more! I build them myself! And I love working on them, modifying, slicking them up. Give me one with a gritty, 8lb trigger and I’ll turn it into a 2-3lb with nil take-up, “glass rod break” & rock wall overtravel stop, that feels like it’s riding on ball bearings. Still, I carry a 9mm striker gun (I also built) with 12+1 rds.

Don’t be a Tex Grebner!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=747_rz-qE4w