in 39 years of shooting black rifles I can only recall haveing had one jam and it was from some off brand steel magazine, which I immediately destroyed. I have no idea how much 55 grain ball ammo I have fired over this time. I have never owned a diamondback, core, windham, PSA, etc. I promptly sold a RRA and Bushwacker as soon as I realized what they were. Colt or DD are good guns, Noveske is a good gun, BCM is great, wish I could afford knight. People buy crap and complain when it breaks.