Did you drop a size to medium?I went for the buffalo Alpine jacket and so far haven't regretted it! Although so far I've only used it for walking the dog,!
It does get a bit toasty when you get going, but I just unzipped a bit and was just fine.
I've got other coats that will do for when active in cold weather I wanted one for colder whether when I'm less active. It isn't going to be my last coat, but it certainly is going anywhere either!
I'm 41.75" measured chest so large but you said it was too big and iirc you're 41"chest size and changed to a medium. Is that right?
I'm looking at a special 6 shirt and wondering whether the fit is the same for that and the alpine. I know one uses chest sizes the other uses word sizes but is each alpine jacket size aimed at a wider chest size range so really at the larger size in each range?