I never had problems with it functioning. Actually it held up to several thousand rounds, just had to wipe it off every 3 shots! Exactly 3, no exaggeration.
Well you have to account for a lot of factors, like people buying dirt cheap guns and defending them relentlessly because they have never experienced a good gun. Then you have the people that have spent way too much on a gun and defend them relentlessly to justify it. (Cough Sig cough cough...
Just throwing this out there, I had the lasermax guide rod for my 21 and after 3 rds you couldn't see the laser because of the carbon build up. Not trying to crush your dreams just save you a couple hundred bucks. You wouldn't think it would get dirty but it did.
You have no idea how right you are! I've had my basement flood about 7 times during storms, every time for a different reason. The best part is that the basement was finished, original 70's style when I bought and had never had a drop of water in it. Stayed dry for 35 years or so until the first...