You're welcome.
Another thing to consider is your personal needs and experience regarding the trigger function, too.
The CS45 has the typical Traditional Double Action trigger (DA/SA). Some folks don't care for the TDA's transition from DA to SA trigger strokes, and then some folks prefer it ... so it really depends on which preference you have, if any ...
Personally, I lean toward TDA pistols for 'working pistols', having trained and carried them for issued pistols since '90, which is when my agency transitioned from revolvers to semiauto pistols.
While I don't particularly care for most DAO-type pistols, I do own a couple of Glocks, being a Glock armorer. (I became a Glock armorer because some of our folks do carry them as personally-owned off-duty weapons, and a few folks have chosen them for specially authorized use when working special enforcement details.)
I've only known one fellow who bought a G36 for an off-duty weapon, and he claimed he was unable to experience the level of reliability he desired, so he finally traded it off on something else. This was before I decided to become a Glock armorer, but it wouldn't surprise me to learn that his claimed troubles stemmed from shooter-related issues. I did later learn that he had taken his G36 to a Glock armorer at another agency, who had told him his G36 appeared in good condition, but was in a very under-lubricated condition when examined by the other agency's armorer and required more lubrication in that armorer's opinion.
FWIW, if you browse among the other forums, including the Glock enthusiast's forum GlockTalk, you can sometimes find that the G36 has seemingly received a rather 'variable' level of reported owner satisfaction.
When I once asked someone from Glock how the G36 was presently doing, sales-wise, I was told that it had never done as well as the company had hoped for, and perhaps 'wasn't their best effort'. I was also told that a magazine design change had helped resolve some early reported issues.
As with some other reduced size .45 ACP platforms, it seems the level of shooter skill and experience may be a possible issue when it comes to reported owner satisfaction and overall 'reliability'. Not exactly uncommon when it comes to diminutive .45 pistols ...
I experienced no problems when shooting the fellow's G36, for instance, while he reported experiencing problems with it for a while. I've also experienced normal functioning while shooting a couple of Kimber 3" models belonging to a couple of our folks, while the owners themselves experienced functioning problems while shooting the same pistols, at the same time, using the same ammunition. Granted, they may not have been as 'experienced' with small-framed 1911-type pistols as they might have been, or perhaps thought they were, for that matter. 'Grip stability' and proper shooting techniques are important, especially when the size of the .45 platform shrinks.
I've seen a couple of other folks chose CS45's after having tried mine, and they reported good service and satisfaction after having purchased and used them.
The early CS45's weren't without a couple of minor 'teething problems' several years ago, but a magazine change and an adjustment of a tolerance relationship in the barrel tab/breach face quickly resolved those issues according to what I was told by the factory. My CS45 was one of them, requiring new magazines (free under warranty) and a minor adjustment involving fitting the barrel tab to the slide's breech face (too tight from the factory). Since then it's been very reliable with the various standard pressure 230gr JHP's I've tried ... including Winchester T-series RA45T and their inexpensive Personal Protection (training), Speer Gold Dot, Remington Golden Sabre and their inexpensive Express 230gr JHP (training), as well as various FMJ loads, just to list some I can remember using over the last several years.
The magazines may be considered hard to load by some folks, since the CS45 magazines incorporate not only the standard "P-lip" indentations of the S&W .45 magazine design, but also additional indentations intended to provide resistance to the top round being displaced forward during recoil. Loading and unloading these magazines requires a bit more pressure because of these secondary indentations. According to what I was told by S&W one time, they added these secondary indentations to the CS45 magazines when they realized it was necessary to keep the top round from moving forward during the more violent recoil of the subcompact .45 pistol.
The image below shows a magazine for a 4513TSW on the left, and a CS45 on the right (where you can see the narrow, angled secondary indentation present on the CS45 magazine, below the lips, at the bottom/rear corner of the normal 'pinched' area of the feed lips). Click on the image to enlarge it.
I've been told the CS45 is a good seller for S&W, especially with LE for off-duty use.
I can say that mine is more accurate than I expected for such a small .45 pistol.
One possible disadvantage is the fat, soft rubber Hogue grips that come standard, and the lack of other grips, either factory or aftermarket. Some folks don't seem to like the short & chunky grips, and some folks don't seem to care for the way a soft rubber grip can adhere to cover garments.
From my perspective the fat and chunky grips perform better during live-fire than they 'feel when just holding/handling the pistol, and make for a comfortable level of felt recoil (for me).
Might be worth trying out at a range sometime ... along with a G36, of course.
