I fired one at the range the other day. It shoots very flat. It fires a small bullet at high velocity. The mag held a lot of rounds,that's for sure!. Ammo is scarce, (around here), and there is one particular class (armor penetrating?) that is only available to military. It is an interesting pistol, and well made. It functioned flawlessly, and was accurate. I'm not sure it would be my top self-defense gun, but a lot of great fun guns aren't.