I bought 500 rounds of this ammo to see if I would like it, the price certainly was right, about 8 bucks for a box of fifty. My verdict is mixed: accurate, snappy but manageable recoil, I got excellent groups. The cons are high flash, lots of smoke, and my Gummint Model barrel has been soaking for the last three days in Hoppe's since the carbonifickerous cruddy encrustations are terrific - scrubbed and scrubbed to no avail...has anyone else noticed this, or can it be ascribed to a bad batch of ammo?