Back in the late 80's I owned almost every "wondernine." One day at an indoor range the owner saw me putting a Glock, Sig, Beretta and a BHP through the paces when he asked why I didn't have a P7 in my range bag. I replied I had only read about them, not seen or shot one. He produced his own M8 and M13 for me to try and I looked at this "staple-gun" looking piece of blue steel and asked if I had heard right, "I have to squeese the front strap every time I want to shoot?" After he explanied the manuel of arms, I cut loose, and forever changed my handgun collection. Long gone are the ones I owned then to feed my P7 addiction. I only recomend them if they are "for you." Other than that the last time I was surprised was in 1969 when I found out how accurate my nib S&W mod 60 was.