The BIGGEST thing wrong w/the Uzi is how EASY it is to shoot, & if you have any experience at all w/shooting, you should be able to do QUITE well w/it in no time at all.. Recoil is minimal, but it IS a bit on the loud side. You will likely burn up a small fortune in ammo LONG B4 you get tired of fooling w/it. Its in NO WAY as a target pistol, but OTOH, after you kinda get "Used" to it, you can-& likely WILL surprise yrself w/seeing just HOW WELL it shoots. Women tend to be frightened at first w/it, but once they see how EASY it is to shoot, chances are they won't want to hand it back. It will let you know rather quickly when it wants to be cleaned-you'll barely be able to keep it from jamming. Do I-or any other "Private Citizen" actually NEED such a Contraption ? Nope-absolutely not. But I've had it converted since 1987,& I certainly have had a lot of fun w/it. It's also turned out a pretty good investment- I have roughly $1200-1500 in it, & while I haven't priced one out in awhile, a friend tells me that I could come pretty close to getting $15K for it should I decide to part company w/it, which s rather unlikely to happen. It's sorta in the same "Class" as a G-33K, SX1980, whatever the TOTLBig, honkin MC-Intosh is.People get mad at me when I refer to it as a kind of an ultimate "Toy", but in actuality, that's EXACTLY what it is.And yeah, it IS a kick to run few clips thru it in "Full-Auto" mode- Mowed down a few Bull-Weed patches that way the 1st day I had it. my buddy, John, said I had a big, stupid grin on my face-Of course, HE had to do the same thing when he had HIS turn to shoot...