Does a "small-frame" .22 1911 exist?

[Kimber Custom]

What about the Colt Ace?

 

[asiparks]

What about the Colt Ace?

Full size and spendy, if you can even find a non collectable shooter

 

[Partsproduction]

they sell for about $330, from the auctions I found, which is pretty high,

Well, they are all steel, which makes them all kinds of better than what is being offered now in 1911 .22's. All of the new 1911's in .22 are made of pot metal, Zamak to be specific. They sell for about the same $$ amount as an RIA all steel .45, which is infinitely better being made of steel, so $330 doesn't seem high at all to me.