I really like it. I'm not much of a gun guy, the only reason I went with the Glock is that I don't fire it a lot, but when I need it it needs to work. It's very managable for being as small as it is. I was going for light weight and reliability. In practice, I've found that it is really quite accurate, too. In my situation, if I run up on a bear, it's not likely that I'll have to shoot it, boar is completely different. Very territorial little beasts. I've been hiking the Appalachian for 6 years, and have never needed it. On the range (my sister in laws' property in Alabama) I put all but one in a 10 inch circle at 25 yards. My father in law looked at the pattern, and said "Yup, that's a dead bear". Good enough for me. I'm wondering how accurate I would be with a real bear and a load in my pants.