A long time back, around 1980 as I recall, I bought a second hand Ruger M77 in 7x57. and a couple boxes of shell. Mounted a scope on it and sweet to the range a couple days later. About half the time the extractor would drop the empty shell before it could come out far enough to be ejected. I took it back and asked to have it repaired and they said OK. When the gun was ready there was a $30 charge for the work. End result is I was stuck paying for the work but I let them know I was not too happy about having to pay for a "broken" gun that they sold. The sad thing is I had a complete Mauser extractor in my parts box and could have used that and fixed it myself. I figure that on the whole I have been very lucky that I haven't been burned more often when messing with used firearms which I usually buy at gun shows.
Paul B.
Paul B.