As with almost every gun out there...there is always a few that don't live up to the great reports that others are having. My buddy bought a PT-145 because of the size and the price point. We brought it along with us to our usual range day and tried it out...we could not hit anything that we were aiming at, neither us nor the folks around us, we thought that the trigger was not very friendly either. My buddy had some issues with breaking it down for cleaning too. Any how, he still brings it to the range and he still shoots through a few magazines in hopes that it's just a "Breaking In" thing, but after 2 years and a few hundred rounds, I think that he bought a lemon. I for one and those that shoot with us...and probably for everyone at the range that he asks to shoot it...it's not serving Taurus as good advertising. Glad you all found yourselves good ones.