Perhaps I should add to my intro that in the very distant past I used to shoot practical pistol under UKPSA and IPSC , and had a Beretta (.22 - not used for practical), a Spanish STAR 1911 replica (9mm short - not used for practical), a Glock 19 (9mm - used in competition), and a CZ-75 (9mm - used in competition).
I also owned an Italian Galesi 6.35mm at some point - though it was faulty when I bought it and remained faulty until I got rid of it, so I never actually fired this pistol.
Alas, all my pistols are long gone now...
Anyone has one of them long-barrel long-but modern incarnations?