Malfunctions are very rare with my pistol, but they do happen sometimes. Now for the part that may be inflammatory: i have taught myself, when doing action drills, to react to any cessation of function by reloading and working the slide by hand. I skip the tap-rack-bang and go straight for the reload. So in a stress situation, whether my gun jams or i lose count of rounds and come up empty, my response and the result is the same; in 2 seconds i'm running a full mag again. I don't trust the slide release, reload and rack.