I spent a day at the range with one in the early '70s. It belonged to a friend who had just joined the Houston PD. He wanted a Baby Browning to carry in a second handcuff case, as was the fashion back then. He couldn't find one thanks to the GCA of '68, so he thought the Escort might do instead.

We fired 200 rounds or so between the two of us. The only thing I remember feeding consistantly was 40 gr high speed solids. Hollow points were hopeless and about half the time standard velocity rounds would not eject.

That particular pistol would not hand feed the first round from a full magazine. It worked OK with 4 (?) rounds or you could load the chamber and then insert a full mag. We only had one magazine, so I don't know if a different one would have solved the problem.

The sights were actually a little better than a Baby Browning, but it was still a 10' panic pistol. Like a Baby Browning, you had to be careful of your grip. It was easy to induce a stoppage with a high thumb.

I do remember when they were discontinued, Glen Slade's in Houston had a stack of them behind the counter with a sign that said "Clearance-$58.50". Wish I had bought a couple.

Charles