rumors are a story being circulated with changes each time its told.that makes me wonder how many of you who bad mouth this firearm actually have proof of this occurance.my deceased father carried this particular sidearm for five years , fired more than 1000 rounds and the only problem he ever had was it would jam with reload ammunition.I now have the pistol and have fired over 500 plus rounds and even taught my 9 year old how to shoot a pistol with it.sounds to me like those who have had one blow up in their hands had the following problems.dirty firearm,clean the damn thing once in a while.unsafe ammunition,buy good ammo.inspection,always inspect any firearm before you even load it.some of you may be laughing , those who are laughing more than likley have common sense less can be said about the others.in conclusion for the love of god people use your heads once and a while.