I bought mine used from a seller in Bismarck, and when it arrived, I loaded it up and stepped outside. I went to work the lever and it would only move about a quarter inch...? I tried opening the loading gate to unload the thing and couldn't get the gate to open. After taking the sideplate off, I discovered the little tab on the back of the ladle that keeps the rounds from springing back into the action was broken off. The piss-ant had to know it too. Oh well. I fabricated a piece with a wide mating surface, fitted it to the back of the ladle, and silver soldered it on and it works fine now. Well, that part works fine now anyway... The next problem is that about every twenty rounds or so, a cartridge mouth will hang up on the chamber mouth, even though the mouth is beveled. Unfortunately, both of my .45 Colt mould designs are made to be crimped on the ogive and do not have a crimp groove, so the case mouth isn't crimped into a groove and out of the way. Maybe just breaking the outside edge of the case mouth a little more and/or crimping a bit more will cure the problem. Either that, or buy a different mould with a crimp groove.