01-13-2024, 04:36 PM
While out and about, I thought of one more thing.
Take a new, starline if you want, empty case and insert it under the extractor, and force back into the ejector (thus lining it up to go into chamber), hold it there and guide it into the chamber as far as you can, then close the bolt. If it closes easily then the extractor claw might indeed be stiff.
You can also try the same thing after that, with a factory round, see if the bolt closes easily on the round. Again this would isolate the extractor and see if the chamber is fine.
Hornady 123's are typically 2.245 OAL or so, so should insert and extract easily.
Take a new, starline if you want, empty case and insert it under the extractor, and force back into the ejector (thus lining it up to go into chamber), hold it there and guide it into the chamber as far as you can, then close the bolt. If it closes easily then the extractor claw might indeed be stiff.
You can also try the same thing after that, with a factory round, see if the bolt closes easily on the round. Again this would isolate the extractor and see if the chamber is fine.
Hornady 123's are typically 2.245 OAL or so, so should insert and extract easily.
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