My wife and I just bought two of them. She has yet to shoot hers (tomorrow) but I have put 150 rounds through mine and love it. In fact I just qualified for the Texas LTC wit it. Easy to rack and easy to load the magazines. Similar to my FS 22. I carry a Shield 9 and was having trouble completely racking the slide. Changed the recoil spring with one from Stainless and works a lot better. At this time I don’t know if the 380 will replace my Shield as a carry weapon, but time will tell. This gun is for us older folks and those who don’t have a lot of hand strength.