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The backlash problem is diagnosed and solved. Out of the box trigger resistance begins at this point …

… and sear releases at about this point, at which time …

… the trigger lashes this far back to the frame, which can move the gun just as it’s firing, ruining accuracy. The solution …

… is a trigger stop, here quickly rigged with a bit of floor protector. Pull starts here with the trigger at rest …

… and breaks at the same point …

… but now immediately comes to a soft, cushioned stop. Backlash cured!

The muzzle weight has grooves to allow additional weights to be added. Matte finish is evenly applied to this businesslike pistol.

Taking a sight picture, it’s as if you were looking down a long pier going out toward the water; a pier with a handrail on each side. This slim pistol’s balance is excellent, and there are attachment points provided to hang weights from the front if the shooter wants a more muzzle-heavy feel. Overall, this blue steel pistol, despite its matte finish, just reeks of quality. The skeletonized slide runs smoothly under a rugged sight rib that sits above the action like a bridge, keeping the sights solidly oriented to the barrel. In this, it reminds the shooter of two of the most proven American match target .22 pistols, the High Standard Victor and the Smith & Wesson Model 41. Its frame composition has been described as “zirconium-aluminum alloy.” The slide has extensions running on either side toward the muzzle, with finger grooves. This is one pistol that you pretty much have to operate by reaching up underneath the front, with thumb on one side and fingertips on the other, and push back to activate the gun. The good news is that these grooves are a safe distance back from the muzzle, making this a much safer handling protocol than doing the same with, say, a Beretta 92 or a 1911 pistol with trendy forward slide grooves.