I shot my new R9 for the first time yesterday. I shot Winchester Silvertips out of it ( had no Gold Dot 115 Gr), it functioned flawlessly.I handed it to several others and they had no issues either. We were outdoors with not much of a target set up for accuracy, but my first outing I wanted to make sure the R9 functioned.
I really did not miss the sights and believe the R9 is a good point and shoot pistol.