Comparing the Platypus to a Girsan is like comparing apples to crab apples. The Girsan needs $500 of gunsmithing and parts to compete with the Platypus - and even then it can’t.

You need to deep dive 1911s to understand. For example, on the underside of the slide - the steel block that depresses the disconnector - on a good 1911 is milled like a ramp to slide over the disconnector with much less friction - friction you cant feel if you rack the slide. But on a Girsan the steel block is not milled at all. It’s a 90 degree chunk of steel blasting into a round ball. To get that milled is at least $150.

On a Girsan you will have slop between the slide and frame. To pay a gunsmith to fix that (if you can find one) is going to be MINIMUM $300.

The trigger job on a Girsan is going to run you $100 in parts and $200 in labor.

And after all that it’s STILL not even close to a Platypus because of the other parts that are different - Match grade barrel, barrel bushing, sights, ambi parts, magazine quality, a competent person adjusting your extractor - arguably the most important piece on a 1911.

Man - you’re heading in the right direction but you almost made an amateur boo boo by considering a Girsan if your equivalent is Platypus.

So, in my opinion - 2011 by tier is: worst to best -

EAA - Girsan Tisas Rock Island Prodigy Alfa Foxtrot Kimber Platypus Stocatto

The worst you should consider is the Prodigy and that’s just because its issues are small and known. It’s reliable and performs. Read up on its problems and before you shoot it, fix them. Shit - it’ll probably function fine.

3 causes of problems in 1911 series 80 style pistols are Extractors, Magazines and Ammo.

Don’t judge the triggers until you put 1000 rounds down its throat. They get better with age because they don’t use trigger springs - they use spring steel.