The finish seemed fine. The one feature that did catch my attention was the feel in my hand. For me, a compact hand gun still needs to feel solid in my hand. That is to say the grip needs to allow me to get all five fingers on the grip and not have the feeling that I'm about to have my little finger slide off the grip. The grips on the SR-9C's I held were narrow and long enough to allow good grip for me. The extended mag was very nice. I guess shooting would be the real test.