Those as likes them is welcome to have them - but i recommend (if that gun and round is to your taste) stocking up NOW. Gun (or guns0, parts and ammo. LOTS of ammo (or set up to shorten LOTS of REAL .45 cases....).
I don't have a dog in this fight, since the GAP gives no advantage to me. I have no problem with a full size frame (until recently my holster gun was a double row .45 ACP, Para Ordnance P.14-45). The small handed shooters in the family have found 9mm or .40 cal to their liking, so the GAP is not on the list. To me it's the answer to a question I didn't ask.
That said, don't neccesarily count the cartridge out. Several years ago the 10mm was declared dead. When the FBI dropped the 10, and went with the .40 S&W, it was widely believed that the 10mm would dissapear. This nearly happened, with no guns in regular production, and very little ammo available. Now ammunition is being made by more manucturers (in some very efective loadings) and quite a number of gunmakers are chambering for it. The same could happen with the .45 GAP.
Thing about 10mm is it gives INCREASED performance as compared to the load the Feebs found their wimpy lads and lassies required. Whereas the 45 GAP will, at best, equal the 45 ACP. No advantage gained for the the more expensive round, unlike the 10mm. And of course it doesn't have the cachet of having been designed and promoted with the connivance and blessing of Col. Jeff Cooper...
I solved the Glock 21 / gripping a 2x4 / bad angle for me issue by buying a SA XD Service in .45 acp, not going to a .45 GAP. I like the plastic pistol and it's good to have with my M1911s (none of which eat GAP) I was impressed enough to then buy an XD Service 9mm and XD SC 9mm. .45 acp is extremely forgiving in loading it, and I've loaded them light enough to where they just cycle the slide on my Clark customized Colt series 70, to the point that they blaze 200 gr. jhp heat, with extra flash and blast effect. What benefit does a .45 GAP have over a .40 and .45 acp other than nominally, on paper? That's a sincere question, but I'm not the only guy asking it, hence the death throws of the GAP (IMHO).
The reason the 45 GAP is moribund (as best i can tell) is NOT that people are asking your question(s), hambone. It is that they are getting answers and the answers are "it has NO benefit over a 45 ACP or 40 S&W in the real world - and costs extra".
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