I guess I can see the various points being made on this thread, but I would also offer this. Rockport is lucky as he** he's still here to gripe about Savage prices/service when he could very easily be disfigured or dead and not able to even register this complaint. I think I'd be praising Savage for putting out a great product that very probably saved his life after he made a very big mistake with that gun that could have been fatal! Just a quick warning for those not familiar with what would be considered as similar to or identical to what is called a squib load and that is if any gun fires unlike it normally does sound-wise, do not put another load in it until the barrel is checked. I'm very surprised that with the slug lodged in the barrel that when he touched the next one off with that big obstruction that the gun didn't blow up. Hey Rockport, you now only have 8 lives left, LOL!!!