I got a chance to try out my 68 year-old new Nagant revolver today. (With that trigger pull, I'm lucky I can type right now!) A great little gun and surprisingly accurate, but there's a problem with ejecting the spent brass.
It was impossible to eject the brass from one of the chambers. I had to take the cylinder out of the frame and use the cleaning rod to pound it out. The brass couldn't fit in the other chambers either so it appears that the anterior part of that chamber might be slightly large allowing the shell to expand and wedge itself in the chamber.
Has anyone else had this problem with an M1985? Is there any solution short of buying a new cylinder or not using that chamber?
It was impossible to eject the brass from one of the chambers. I had to take the cylinder out of the frame and use the cleaning rod to pound it out. The brass couldn't fit in the other chambers either so it appears that the anterior part of that chamber might be slightly large allowing the shell to expand and wedge itself in the chamber.
Has anyone else had this problem with an M1985? Is there any solution short of buying a new cylinder or not using that chamber?