I am a great believer in taking advantage of warrantys. All of you do the right thing and send the damn things back to Smith to handle . Its your good money that you spent on an expensive rifle so get some satisfaction and have them (Smith and Wesson) repair it. Sometimes gun enthusiasts just think they can fix everything. If you return it to them you might be surprised there are recalls or improvements that have been made. The only thing I will offer is this: Use factory ammo and make sure you have good magazines. Use the mags from the working rifles. You could have a bad mag or your reloads (if you using reloads ) that may not be up to snuff. Send it back or take it to a Smith authorized warranty station. One that repairs them. Gander mountain may be able to help you. Mine near my house in Twinsburg Ohio has a real great trained gunsmith with additional training as an armorer in the Marine Corp. Hes excellent. Get it warrantied and in the meantime go shoot the other rifles.