My nephew bought one of these. He likes his. So far with 230gr ball it's been reliable......bought one these Tisas 1911's for our pre WW1 shoots. Haven't handled one of these for close to 40 years. Had to take it apart and reassemble it a few times to get comfortable with it. Not as easy with old arthritic hands, lol! It's a cheap pistol but for something I will use once or twice a year. It'll do. Unless anyone besides our group in the Indy-Bloomington-Columbus area does military shoots?