Red Bull - I bought the Expert because I thought it would be my version of an "improved" Glock P/T -- .45 caliber, "Match" DAO/SA trigger with thumb safety in either mode, HE finish, German quality, .45 Super capability, rails, adj. sights, polymer advantages, extreme accuracy and reliability. After 2000 rounds, I've learned some things. First the good news -- the Expert is a lightweight, very reliable, soft shooting, tack driver. Mechanically, it is capable of shooting one hole groups to the limit of the device holding it. It gives me the confidence to know that I can hit a poker chip with a deliberate first shot at 25 yds every time if I do my part. It is soft shooting, although the double recoil spring has a somewhat disconcerting "shuffling" cycle to it. Now the bad news -- while the SA trigger is better than a Glock, the DA is not. Worse, the DA pull is very sensitive to finger placement and the reach is long. For me, if the finger is not placed perfectly in the center of the trigger, the geometry is such that the DA trigger pull becomes seemingly exponentially greater. As reported, the HE finish seems no better than bluing -- certainly no match for Tenifer. It WILL handle .45 Super. I've launched a few of Triton's fastest 165 gr. loads down range and, while they arrive in tidy little groups, you don't want to ignite those babies in an indoor range. Flash is considerable and I had one failure to completely return to battery. A nudge with my thumb fixed that. I really haven't figured out the mission for that particular load. It's too much for self-defense, and prabably too frangible for hunting anything other than varmints. I think the 230 gr. Super probably has application in the hunting field or as a lightweight trail piece for last ditch defense against large carnivores. While the Glock and H&K both have rails, the H&K UTL is more expensive, bulky, and more difficult to activate with my average length fingers than the M3 version made by the same company (Insight Technologies) for Glock. The H&K UTL does get runner up points for having a dedicated on/off switch to protect the batteries during storage/holstering/etc. I'd rather have the better ergonomics. Ah, ergonomics...the tie-breaker. I love the Expert. It shoots well for me. I like the weight, the caliber, the versatility inherent in its DESIGN. For me, it gets my vote for Miss Photogenic. Placed side by side with a Glock 34/35, it looks like the Glock's muscled up bigger brother. Then you pick them both up and the Glock gets Miss Congeniality, the bouquet and the tiara. For me, the P/T's fit my hand perfectly. The sights align on their own, the M3 light is perfectly balanced, and the pistol's extended barrels shoot very, very good groups, if not the AMAZING groups of the Expert's extended tube. The P/T's feel like extensions of my hand -- smooth, small, almost if Gaston had used my hand for the grip template. If I grab the Expert after holding the Glock, it feels like I'm holding and pointing a Conair hairdryer. The Expert is just that_much too tall, too square, and too blocky to compete with the Glock. The Glocks feel smooth, the Expert feels angular. The Glocks feel purposeful, the H&K feels, I don't know, complicated. While the SA pull is much better than the DA Glock, it pales to a good 1911. And the DA pull, to me, is no better than the Glock. Now, if H&K could duplicate the light and creamy DA pull I experienced on the new ParaOrdnace LDA...(sigh). Bottom line, if you like 9mm or .40, I think the Glock is a much more user friendly platform. If you really want a polymer .45, the Expert has much to recommend it and accuracy that will take your breath away. I liked the Expert so much I bought two. But if Glock makes a .45 P/T that doesn't sacrifice the ergonomics of its 34/35 siblings, the line to buy one (or two) forms directly behind me. Hope this helps with your decision. If you have any more questions, please feel free to e-mail me.