I used to be pretty snobbish about these guns, but a buddy of mine has one and, after much cajoling, he convinced me to shoot it. Slowest slide recoil you can imagine, because the thing is made out of cast iron. Fixed barrel which is good. Mainly it's ugly as sin. Look it isn't pretty but when your booger hooks push the bang switch it goes boom... which really is 97% of what you want out of a gun in the first place. Terrible cc because it's so bulky/heavy. Terrible to bring to a public range because everyone will laugh at you. But if you need a gun and your budget is looking under the couch cousins, go for it. From what I hear, though, you have to clean them after every box or the thing will start jamming. Not a huge deal as you should keep your guns clean anyway. Possibly the best thing about it, other than the price, is that if you run out of ammo, you can use it as a club.