Originally posted by jyl
Does the cocking process interfere with quickly and accurately taking a shot?
No, no more than flicking off a safety on a "normal" gun.
How much force is needed to keep the gun cocked? Can you keep the gun cocked for several minutes without tiring your hand or affecting accuracy?
I just tried it on the bathroom scale to check. It takes ~18lbs of force to compress the cocker if you press at the point where your middle finger would be (just below trigger guard). To hold it takes about 3-5lbs.
How reliable is it? In your experience, how many hundreds or thousands of rounds per each malfunction?
I can't ever remember it malfunctioning with factory ammo. I probably put 2-4000 rds through that gun. It was over 10 years ago when I used to shoot it a lot so I could just be forgetting.
Is it easy to field strip and clean? To do a more detailed cleaning?
It's not hard to field strip. Disassembling the slide (down to the firing pin) is no more difficult than most pistols and easier than some as I recall.
-Chris