Thank all of you for your suggestions and I made up my mind to trade the gun for a Knight Revolution. The difference was unbelieveable. Knight sabots and Knight gun, I can actually load it without having to take along a hammer to drive the ramrod down the barrel. Splitting bullet holes at 100 yards. In my small town in the mountains of Virginia, I was the fourth person to RETURN an Omega for a Knight in the last week. Thompson will not admit they have a bad batch of guns on the market and it is a shame. I was lucky enough to get back in my stand and kill the buck I had to let go the first day because I could not get the Omega reloaded and it is a dandy 13 pointer. Thank you Knight Rifles!!! My problems are now solved!