dh1633pm
Contributing Member
Took my new 1873 to shoot yesterday. Sweet. But that's not the issue. I also brought my M92 Rossi. And it would not extract the 45 Colt Empties.
It would start and then the extractor would let loose. Chamber dirty? Not so, was cleaned nicely last time out. Brass will fall out so I don't think this the issue. It did the same with fully loaded and fired rounds.
It was cold out. About 18 degrees. Stored rifles and ammo in the back of the truck unheated.
Ammo? I used starline brass, 250 grain XTPs behind 11 grains of No 5.
The kicker is that once home in the warmth of my basement it will feed and extract everything I put in it. Dummy rounds of course. I always load a dummy for each bullet type as I work up a load. All testing done without cleaning.
Could this just be a temperature thing? Any ideas and or suggestions? Thanks
It would start and then the extractor would let loose. Chamber dirty? Not so, was cleaned nicely last time out. Brass will fall out so I don't think this the issue. It did the same with fully loaded and fired rounds.
It was cold out. About 18 degrees. Stored rifles and ammo in the back of the truck unheated.
Ammo? I used starline brass, 250 grain XTPs behind 11 grains of No 5.
The kicker is that once home in the warmth of my basement it will feed and extract everything I put in it. Dummy rounds of course. I always load a dummy for each bullet type as I work up a load. All testing done without cleaning.
Could this just be a temperature thing? Any ideas and or suggestions? Thanks
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