Last year, two weeks after I' d purchased this model CVA, that spring broke and I had to send it back to factory. Took them almost a month to fix it Excuse me, I' ve heard the phrase " spit patch" , but what does that mean? I had a feeling I was wetting the barrel too much between shots and that this was causing my ignition problem. Thanks for you other advice, I' ll look into the Knight model after this season. The new Cabelas store is about 45 minutes from me.[:-]