It seems like half the time, a little bit of tweaking is required to make them reliable. I just bought a full size steel 9mm witness, and I am really impressed with the pistol. It is very accurate, feels good in hand, points naturally, and with that extra weight of being all-steel, recoils like a pussycat, making accurate rapid-fire a cinch. There is a post called "What the F? Witness feeding problems" that I started that will tell you what I did and others did to get their Witnesses shooting like CHAMPS!