I went to the range and rented some pistols a couple days ago. I was really impressed with the Springfield Prodigy. It was the only gun to jam that day though. After going home and looking online it appears that they might have an issue that may or may not have been resolved. That was by far my favorite gun to shoot that day, but I'm not dropping that kind of money for something unreliable.
My search has been narrowed to a double stack 1911 style gun. So I've been doing a lot of research and I am liking the Kimber kds9c and a gun friend that knows more than me highly recommends the stealth arms platypus. Which, if you're not familiar, you can customize the gun aot of different ways on their website. It's pretty cool wait time is over 20 weeks though.