With factory ammo, it works well. Mine had a problem with the recoil spring jumping the notch and locking it up, the factory fixed it and it's been fine. They can be had really cheap.

The quality is fine, it will work for sd, but it is no fun to practice with, especially close to SD strength loads.

It's also good for up close and personal, but to shoot it well past 5 yards takes practice. I do ok with it at 7 yards, but just ok. Past seven it gets hard. It even says so in the book.

For SD I'd buy a used Shield. Feels better and is much more comfortable to shoot with a much better trigger.

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