by KArnzen on Sat Mar 22, 2014 5:07 pm
I had a chance to shoot a few rounds through it at a distributor show in January. I thought it was very nice shooting - I was able to shoot quickly/ get back on target fast and recoil wasn't an issue. I didn't get to shoot very many rounds though, so I can't comment on whether it will beat up your hand during a long range session. I didn't experience slide bite like the Truth About Guns reviewer, but with smaller hands, I never have that issue. My husband Dan has medium size hands and he didn't get bitten either though.
I am not a fan of the grip safety on it. Personally, I think it's way too easy to fail to disengage it, which takes it out of the running as a carry gun for me. I was with two different people at the January shows who both failed to disengage the grip safety sufficiently when they picked the gun up and tried to dry-fire it. I'm fine with 1911-style grip safeties, but this one hinges from the bottom of the frame, and it has a kind of positive "click" when it disengages.
We've had one through the shop, and the slide action definitely felt rougher/ more uneven that what I remember from handling them at the January shows. The demo guns at those shows probably got racked a ton of times though, which might've helped smooth them out.
-Kate Arnzen