Mr.Green is right on the money. K2444xx was my first and of the lot of them (optical sighted ones and M41's excluded), I seem to do the best with it. Of course any one of them can out-perform my meager skills as a pistolero. Also, and although my notoriously poor photo-skills don't show it well, its got the bright finish (which is quite good, I will add), and those "black boxes" are not seen too often. So, to sum it up: it was my first; it shoots well; and its got some degree of collectiblity. -S2