[fabsroman]

Thanks Billy.

I am hoping that a thorough cleaning will prevent this from happening again and intend on scrubbing down the gun this afternoon.

If it were one of my hunting guns, I wouldn't be too worried, but it is the gun I would use to defend my wife and I should somebody decide to try to do us harm. So, I am very concerned. After I clean the crud out of it, I'm going to take it to the range during the week and see if that solves the problem.