Thinking about this, a longer-barrelled gun would be great at the range, easier to shoot accurately, and you're not going to carry concealed in CA anyway. Here's some inspiration pics, I recognize the OP said he wasn't into certain models but I'm just throwing out pics (edit: none of these mine! Sorry for any confusion.)
Glock 24C competition model w/ 6" ported barrel
Longslide 1911 w/ 6" barrel
Colt Trooper w/ 8" barrel, scoped
