Happy to report after 1000 rounds including 115 gr and 147 gr ammo not ONE failure to feed or failure to eject.I know that the profit margin is much greater for the Polymer,aka Tactile Tupperware,frame semi-autos but it amazes me why Smith is only making this model on a LEO basis only.I am sure that there are many shooters such as myself that want a semi auto with a alloy frame and a magazine safety.After my friend's dog had destroyed the frame of his Glock by turning it into a tuggie toy I made the decision I would never get a polymer semi auto.Guess I am still a dinosaur....God Bless.....Mike

The market is a fickle thing ...

If more folks were willing to take the time to learn to shoot a traditional double action pistol well, and they were willing to pay the price it took to make production of S&W's metal-framed pistols profitable, then S&W would still be producing them for the competitive (PRICE) commercial market.

None of that is likely to happen any time in the immediate future, though.

More's the pity.

BTW, I used my CS9's functioning as the reliability 'standard' against which I measured my then-new G26. The G26 favorably measured up in most ways except for being more susceptible to grip and locked wrist issues when it came to ejection patterns.

I've had my CS9 since early 1999. I can't begin to estimate how many rounds it has digested. I can say that mine also has never had a malfunction. They are really great little guns.

HRF