I have a old Mossberg Md. 500 12 ga. that has what I hope is a simple problem. With light target loads it works like a charm. Never fails to eject. Over the last couple of months I've run a few hundred rounds through it at clays without a problem.
Then this last week we flew to S.D. to try pheasants. Used Fiocchi Golden Pheasant 1 3/8 oz loads. These are quite a bit more powerful than the 1 oz target loads I've been using. About 30% of the time the darn thing would not extract the fired shell. Twice I had to take the barrel off and pry them out. Rest of the time working the action a few times dislodged it.
While thinking this over it occured to me that on two other occasion, on two shots I can remember, it did the same. Both of those shots were 3 inch buck. One at a hog on the last day of the season. Had to work the action a time or two to get it out. The other was at the range a few weeks ago.
In that instance we stoped at the patterning station before we went to shoot some clays. I had one 3 inch buck I wanted to test with the full choke tube. That one stuck too. Ended up having to remove the barrel on that occasion also.
But I did not think to much of it at the time becasue I proceded to run a couple of boxes of target loads through it without a hitch. Now though I realize there is a problem with stouter loads in the gun.
I've looked at the extractors. The one on the right is nice and sharp and the spring seems strong. The one on the left seems to be far more rounded even though the spring seems as strong.
My question is, should the inside extractor be rounded so that it bites less and releases the rim easier when the shell is ejected or should it be as sharp as the right one?
What do you experts say?
Then this last week we flew to S.D. to try pheasants. Used Fiocchi Golden Pheasant 1 3/8 oz loads. These are quite a bit more powerful than the 1 oz target loads I've been using. About 30% of the time the darn thing would not extract the fired shell. Twice I had to take the barrel off and pry them out. Rest of the time working the action a few times dislodged it.
While thinking this over it occured to me that on two other occasion, on two shots I can remember, it did the same. Both of those shots were 3 inch buck. One at a hog on the last day of the season. Had to work the action a time or two to get it out. The other was at the range a few weeks ago.
In that instance we stoped at the patterning station before we went to shoot some clays. I had one 3 inch buck I wanted to test with the full choke tube. That one stuck too. Ended up having to remove the barrel on that occasion also.
But I did not think to much of it at the time becasue I proceded to run a couple of boxes of target loads through it without a hitch. Now though I realize there is a problem with stouter loads in the gun.
I've looked at the extractors. The one on the right is nice and sharp and the spring seems strong. The one on the left seems to be far more rounded even though the spring seems as strong.
My question is, should the inside extractor be rounded so that it bites less and releases the rim easier when the shell is ejected or should it be as sharp as the right one?
What do you experts say?