Now for the fly in the soup....I have had to send mine back twice to S&W. And I'm going to be sending it back again...out of battery firing, extractor blown into eternity, AND a bullet stuck in the barrel. I guess I have the one in a hundred thousand that is the lemon. With all the problems that I have with the 1522, I would not discourage you from getting one. When it's running good, it is a fun, fun 22 to shoot.