I haven't found any advantages or disadvantages to the long or short guides. They both work fine, and my guns are for precision target shooting, so accuracy needs to be excellent. I don't know about the Warrior but I have a Kimber Gold Match and it is a very fine pistol that has been excellent and reliable.
My only complaint is that for the price of the Gold Match, I expected the trigger pull to be better. Mine was a bit creepy and needed work. My theory now is that if contemplating a high-dollar 1911, go with a semi custom like a Wilson gun. The cost of some of the Kimbers puts them in a league where you are better off going to a custom or semi-custom shop.
I have done it that way since buying the Kimber and believe it is the best way to go. Good things happen to a gun when a good gunsmith has the time to give the gun the attention it deserves. I have a lot of respect for what a good gunsmith can do. I recommend you consider this option. If the numbers don't look good to you, then at least identify a 1911 gunsmith and consider tuning the trigger or other features that you feel need work. Don't give this kind of work to a general gunsmith, you need a pistolsmith that knows 1911s.
