I have owned numerous Ruger MKI and MKII pistols and am a big fan of them. However, I like to try new stuff, and after reading all of the info about the Victory I bought one on sale at a really good price last year. I have fired hundreds of rounds through mine of several different brands of ammo and have not had a failure yet of any kind. Mine came with a decent trigger pull but I added the Tandemkross trigger which made a definite improvement. As much as I like my new Victory, if push came to shove and I had to get rid of one or the other, I would be keeping the Ruger but I hope that doesn't ever happen because I like both.