I have a stainless PPK that I bought about 3 years ago. It worked fine. I sent it in when they did the recall, and after it came back - it worked fine. I've fired hundreds, maybe getting near 3000 rounds, of ball and hollowpoints of almost every brand and don't recall ever having a malfunction. It hits where it looks. I must be the odd guy out here, but I have been nothing but satisfied with my PPK and have never felt the need to replace it with a German gun (not that it wouldn't be nice just as an example of good workmanship) or an Interarms gun.