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My best advice would be to get a .22 Bobcat and shoot the heck out of it. If after several hundred rounds it has not had a malfunction, it’s probably good to go. Just keep it clean and properly lubricated and it should stay reliable. If you get any malfunctions after the first couple hundred break-in rounds, send it back to the factory, and when it is returned to you, repeat the process. If it still isn’t working, swap it for the .25 caliber version. If you don’t want to go through that hassle, just get the .25 caliber to start with.

Make sure you do a goodly amount of your practice in double-action firing mode. If that’s how you carry it, that’s how you should train with it. The first shot is the most important, in most cases. A long, heavy pull exerted against a short, light gun requires lots of experience working the trigger before the shooter can keep the muzzle on target as the index finger manages the double-action firing stroke at combat speed.

The Bobcat is basically a pocket pistol. Its key design feature is its double-action first-shot trigger mechanism. A long, heavy pull of the trigger for the first shot is seen by those people who have long experience in the investigation of unintentional firearms discharges as a bulwark against accidental discharge under stress. The Bobcat/21 series also has a frame-mounted manual safety located in the same place, and operated in the same way, as the safety catch on the classic Colt 1911 and Browning Hi-Power pistols.