Originally Posted By: GLShooterIt's virgin new brass so he shouldn't have to do a lot of massage work I wouldn't think. In an unfired state it should run like greased owl dookie.
I would be looking at replacing the extractor spring with a chrome silicon unit and also make sure I didn't have one of those donut/pillar enhancements under/around the spring. They aren't needed at all in 90% of the applications we are doing IMHO.
Greg
And look at the chamber. It may be a little rough in there and snagging the brass. If it will extract the brass when fired, I would still look at either the shoulder of the brass, even though it's unfired, or the OAL. Look and see if the bullet is engaging the lands on chambering. If the bullet is engaging the lands it can hang on to the round. I have seen guys running reloads in competition, that loaded to the absolute edges of the magazine, have a FTF, try to clear it and then when it would load the next round, we looked and saw the end of the previous bullet in the chamber. Look for groove marks on the bullet.