JayFramer,
I've been following this thread with interest. I'm truly sorry you got a gun with issues. I can surely understand your frustrations, and even justfiable anger. Still, I'm just hopeful your gun will be made right, and sometime soon you will be able to just look back at this as an unpleasant bump. I really hope Mr. Ed does right by this. I so want them to succeed, and I want you to love that gun!