maybe its sentiment, but I love them. wouldn't carry one as there are better options (I don't do safeties) but if I ever find myself with funds to blow ill buy one. when I was armor, we hardly touched rifles. they sat in the arms room collecting dust. we shot the M9s pretty often, and each company took turns running the range while the other company qualified. through all that, thousands of rounds, I've seen relatively few failures. gun always seemed solid to me. I think its pretty too :)