I was pretty much mind blown to have a major malfunction right at the gun counter, that's like opening the door of a new car for a test drive and having it fall off the hinges. But, it's not all that unusual for me. I seem to have gotten all three of the lemons NOE ever made, and all the undersized moulds Lyman ever put out. Not to mention both MP moulds I bought had major issues (Tomme Boy and Starmetal did have similar issues with similar moulds, though), the Kimber 1911 with the reverse-tapered barrel, the Winchester Model 70 with the .302x.310 barrel (one of the last ten made by Winchester), the Uberti open top with no rifling on one side of the barrel, the Friday afternoon Marlin 336, the M1A that mysteriously feeds 1/4" lower than any other, the self-destructing H&K UMC magazine springs, and don't even get me started on the basket case of an AR-45 upper that no one else seems to be having any trouble with. I really wish it were possible to test drive every gun I buy.