i thank everyone for their comments and advice, however i am just a workin joe and my money was saved just for this item, now if i pay large money to a large co. in my mind they should have sent a new gun and they could resolve the issues with me therefor having a loyal customer for now on,this puts me in the position that i am done with sw, by the way i had a rust issue with a ruger lc9 at the end of the barrel that would't go away gun was at least 6mo. old contacted ruger, they did the wright thing and replaced the gun, now thats customer satisfaction, i will unload this gun as sone as its safe never to buy another sw product again. when i'm done with somethin i'm done and thats all i have to say about that!