Okay, I admit it. I'm in love with the Mak. It did everything I hoped it would do. I really took my time getting comfortable with it and ran only about 60 rounds through it. Extremely accurate for a straight out of the box weapon I paid $130 for delivered. Impressions: While I only ran 60 rounds through it, the recoil was abosolutely no problem. I was a little concerned after reading some other posts that it might be uncomfortable but no problem. I like the standard plastic grips with thumb rest just fine as they are no problem for my medium sized hands and will have no plans to get the Pearce (sp?) replacement grips. Mags were a little tough to load and I look forward to receiving the mag loading tools (and spare mags) I have ordered from Karl @ Mak.com. The SA pull was pretty nice although I'm not spoiled with expensive smith work on my other weapons. DA pull was definitely a little gritty but I was surprised that it didn't hurt my accuracy much. And frankly, I like the heavy DA pull as I plan to carry it with one in the chamber, hammer down, and safety off. Also, the LVE Russian ammo (FMJ, 95 gr. $100 per 1000 delivered from Dan's) was beyond satisfactory. In my opinion, this little pistol is an incredible value and a real quality product. I think I'll sign off and go pet it again.