I bought one of these last summer, but did not shoot it until late last year. Sadly, it was a jam-o-matic. Out of 50 rounds, I do not think I had more than 1 occurence of consecutive shots without a jam. I sent it back to the factory and got it back about a month ago. Last weekend, I took it to the range again, locked the slide back, and inserted the clip. The slide would not even go forward. I tried it several times and still nothing. After getting home, I field-stripped it and gave it a more thorough cleaning. When I put it back together, I loaded the magazine and inserted it into the pistol and this time, the slide did close, so maybe it just needed a good cleaning. Still, a gun out of the box should not need tender loving care to function properly. I'll give it one more try, but if it still fails to function, it'll be going back to the store for a Romanian PPK.