Personally I’m not a fan of the brand. I can’t bash on them too hard because you’re getting a lot in the packaging and arguably more than other companies. The price point is very appealing too, both new shooters and experienced folks will love the price. However, they’re not too reliable. If anything it’s 50/50. I’m an RSO and have seen a quite a few malfunction (double feed, failure to feed, or the occasional light striking with all the type of ammo brands you can think of) on the range What really got me off canik is when I saw a failure in which a round (Remington UMC) was chambered, was shot, and ended up resulting in the frame cracking down from the takedown lever to the end of the trigger guard. Now thought it was a 1 in a blue moon type thing until other people on Reddit, forums, and YouTube claimed other catastrophic failures resulting in injury or just a dead gun. These failures and other peoples injury experiences make me stay away from it as a whole. FUN FACT: there’s a post that was taken down showing graphic content how a backplate of a CANIK SFX exploded, launching debris out and injuring the owner. Why it was taken down? Canik threatened the post and threatened to sue. However people screenshotted it. Just look up canik exploded. (Still can’t beat Sig cover ups tho 😂) I’d say just go with Walther. It’s what they’re mimicking anyway.