JL ,"lobbying" was a poor choice of words. They have a person assigned to the sales and service on this model and he is who I am dealing with. He is clear that I want a new gun. They have communicated with me throughout this matter but keep telling me they will fix the gun if possible instead of just replacing it. I don't believe that it can be fixed satisfactorily. They know that. The frustration is that it seems you have to resort to some form of litigation to get any service on problems these days. Trust me, I would be glad to have my money back at this point but would still be happy with a different "functional" gun of the same model. This is not unreasonable.