Purchased a brand new, post-recall, Houlton-made "Smith & Walther" PPK in .32 acp last year. Shot over 2,000 rounds of Remington and Blazer range ammo through it without a single malfunction. Decocker/safety was rough at first, but smoothed out nicely. Double action first shot is indeed long and hard, but very safe. Trigger has also smoothed out considerably over time. Extended beavertail is a great modification. Absolutely no slide bite. The pistol is also very accurate for its size. At 50', I can consistently get palm-sized groups (and I have little hands). I often shoot PPC matches with it and even an occasional pin-and-plate match. Only time it really doesn't hold its own is with the large pepper poppers, which may or may not fall down when hit solidly at 30 to 40 feet. Oftentimes the pepper popper will take the hit, think it over for about 1 second, and then slowly keel over - which never fails to get a big round of applause from fellow shooters. I love my little .32 PPK S&W.