Well, somehow I managed to completely miss this thread until tonight. Reading the OP and not paying any attention to the date of that post, I thought I would be able to add my 2¢ since I have what I consider one of my all time favorite 'all metal 9mm's. Now some of those mentioned in this thread I have to admit I've never even heard of, so my recommendation will seem pretty lame to some of you for sure. But sometime back in the early 80's IIRC, I bought, on a whim a S&W 659.
As HayesGreener described his 4566 as heavy as a tank, my 659 is also that heavy, but a beautiful piece. All bright and
'silvery' shiny, satin black grips, and smooth as a babies butt all over. And sadly, I don't even own a pair of suspenders to augment my belts.
So ............... this is in no way a CCW/EDC gun, not even a CCW/E
very other dayC gun, but it is pretty, smooth and very satisfying, much as I would presume this "Turkish pleasure" thing I'm hearing of must be ..... but I digress!
It's been to the range with me many, many times over the years and each and every time someone sees it, I can tell they're intrigued. Many younger than the gun itself and some having never even seen an 'all metal' 9mm. In every case where I've allowed someone else to shoot it, they invariably, like me, are totally engrossed by the gun. It maintains a very prominent place in my safe and is usually one of the first to be brought out during 'show-n-tell' sessions with friends.
Now, since I read that you finally decided on the Tisas instead of the 5906/5904, I'm obviously a little late to the show. But if I had seen this thread back in August, I probably would have recommended looking for a 659 S&W.