Originally Posted by rlott
From a different perspective, the problem with pocket pistols or sub-compacts or whatever you want to call them is that the smaller they are, the more critical the tolerances become in order to make and keep them running. Slide and barrel locking lugs, magazines, barrel bushings, etc. Most of them seem to function OK at least when they're new, but I have not had much luck repairing the ones that fail to function.

Unless it's a Glock. They just keep working. Even the subcompacts.