Trust me Rock, I know that $#!t happens. I work at a gun store, and have been selling airguns for 31 years ( and shooting them for 42 years). I have been doing my homework for months on which pellet rifle I wanted to buy myself for squirrel hunting. I decided on the above rifle, and ordered it. When it arrived the other day and I took it out of the box, it was a sad commentary on how bad quality control has gotten over the years. A few years back we had a batch of Crosman 2100 rifles that ALL had cracked forearms where a role pin that holds the pump mechanism to the forearm split the plastic. I know that Crosman will send me a new rifle, but that's not the point. That gun (and every other one that leaves the factory) should have been checked over for these type of defects BEFORE it left the factory. I'm just glad that I didn't order it for someone that was giving it as a gift.