That is the exact reason why I do blame you, But I am not directly blaming your expertise but sometimes people make mistakes. The part about the winchester rep hauling balls after giving you a new rifle makes me really wonder now. Really makes me wonder since I too shoot a BPI gun. I'm gonna do a little investigation of my own and find out what is wrong with their rifles. Was that one that blew up a Winchester X-150? thats winchesters first BP rifle right? was it blued or stainless? I had no intention to piss you off, I would think you would understand since we do not have control over the guns quality but we do have control over wether we make a mistake or not. On that note since I shoot a BPI rifle I would rather it be your mistake and not the gun but since now its seems it was deffinately the gun, because of how the rep acted I am honestly a little affraid to shoot my BP rifle now. I hope that sheds a little light on what I was trying to say in my last post.