I bought the kit almost 5 years ago to have a retirement project (I was about 10 months away from retiring). It's been almost 4 years now since I retired, and I finally finished the kit about a month ago, and just now got it to the range. What a blast (pun not intended) to shoot. I'm sorry it took me so long to finally start working on it. Now, to finish the pistol. It's about a week from completion.