Gave our daughter a Browning 1911-22, not long after they first came out.
The inner function is identical except for the magazine disconnect safety (a protrusion off the magazine release blocking the trigger without the mag) and the barrel is blowback…even though field stripping is identical to the full-size 1911.
For half that price you could get a Llama in .32 or .380 and have a little more oomph. Better yet, you could have one of many newer and reliable 9mm pocket pistols on the market, made in the good ol' USA.
Carrying any 1911 design in Condition 2 (round chambered, safety off) is a recipe for disaster IMO. They were made to be carried Cocked & Locked. Carried my Springer like that for nearly a decade.
I've been carrying striker-fired pistols for the past 8 years, no active safeties. Point-N-BAM interface…much nicer.
Looked at dude's Kahr CW40 today. About the same size as the 1911-22, twice the weight, ten times the punch. They make a 9mm version also. Still a couple of hundred less than the 1911-22.