It's been a while since I last shot one, but when I did I was highly impressed with it. For one thing, the timing/actuator rod is pushed rather than pulled, so it moves in a bit of a straighter line and is much shorter than that of a Cocker. It's a bit slimmer and more compact than a Cocker too, though without the abundance of different frames available, but perhaps in time that might be rectified. They balance and point well, and once you get used to the disassembly procedure it's pretty simple to understand and maintain. I haven't had any long term use of one, so durability I can't speak on at the moment. They need a lot better advertising and marketing efforts. If they were to get such they would be perhaps equally if not more prevalent than the Cocker in market share.