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Yeah, I've always wondered why people would recommend doing this without the slightest apprehension of the sharp edge of the front of the chamber coming into contact with the bullet, but I figured they must've known something I didn't - but certainly it DOES seem to me that this could cause some sort of instability, or deformation of the bullet (which could affect external ballistics), or worse, that the bullet could be thrown sideways enough to actually create a dangerous high pressure sitation - after all, it's not like the easy taper of a revolver's forcing cone, in the transition from the chamber to the bbl. As far as light primer strikes, yeah, I'll bet you're right on that too since the ejector is only on one side and the cartridge can therefore tilt forward from the far side opposite the extractor, preventing a solid strike. Also, I wonder if it might not be possible to have the cartridge on rare occasions somehow completely miss the extractor, then the cartridge is entirely within the chamber, also guaranteeing no ignition. Bad idea - I could have just sworn I'd seen people recommending this a few years back - lol - I probably just don't correctly remember the exact topic - ha. Okie - doke.