Sorry it took a while for an update, but I have been out of town. Was not able to get any more range time in, as I cannot find any blasted ammo to do so. I will be sending this pistol back to RIA for service. As to why I would buy cheap, it was because I needed to find something that I was not worried about getting banged around in a pack. I enjoy my Kimbers and STI, but don't want to do that to them. I would have gone back to an HK, which most of my past pistols have been, except that I wanted to keep the same manual of arms between pistols.