Them G 19's grow on ya. I shot someone else's on several occasions and every time afterward I kept thinking about getting one for myself and the last time I shot someone else's I finally said "That's it !! "..... I'm getting one. So in Feb. 2012 I got a new gen. 3 G 19... I like it and something about that design and engineering appeals to me. Sort of a no frills, utilitarian, pain jane, basic approach to a handgun but it just works so well and reliably. I've seen G 19's that have thousands of rounds of steel cased Russian 9mm through them and they just keep on working. Some folks don't like Glocks but there's plenty of other good pistols out there to choose from if that's the case. I've also got other pistols but I still like my G 19..... It just plain works.