Ian
Notorious member
I installed a Wilson EJECTOR. The extractor is factory and the only thing I have replaced is the spring, after several thousand rounds. The Ed Brown recommendation is duly noted. What you're describing sounds like common sense to me, I'll go back and do some checking on all three guns because I never really scrutinized that part.
Brad, your magazine lips appear tapered, is that the "hybrid"? My WC magazines have parallel lips and then the abrupt flare. The parallel lips keep the rim down too long in my GCNM and the nose bites the top of the chamber unless loaded super-short (1.220" IIRC, front band near flush with the case mouth). More and proper taper crimp might fix it, or a hybrid magazine, or extractor work, or.......I could just shoot TC bullets or ball profile. I'm not scoring targets so I don't care if the holes are clean.
Another reason I'm throwing in the towel on the MP bullet is it won't feed in my AR with the existing magazine system. Or rather, it feeds beautifully but will not let the bolt stroke back across the next round in the magazine without destroying the case. Nature of the system, unfortunately. I want ONE kind of ammo, and load it on a three-station progressive like I've done for years and years using a .470-ish crimp. A TC bullet similar to the Lee is what I'm after, and the accuracy of the SWC, hopefully I can get both. That MP bullet shoots like a laser, which is about the only good thing I have to say about it.
Brad, your magazine lips appear tapered, is that the "hybrid"? My WC magazines have parallel lips and then the abrupt flare. The parallel lips keep the rim down too long in my GCNM and the nose bites the top of the chamber unless loaded super-short (1.220" IIRC, front band near flush with the case mouth). More and proper taper crimp might fix it, or a hybrid magazine, or extractor work, or.......I could just shoot TC bullets or ball profile. I'm not scoring targets so I don't care if the holes are clean.
Another reason I'm throwing in the towel on the MP bullet is it won't feed in my AR with the existing magazine system. Or rather, it feeds beautifully but will not let the bolt stroke back across the next round in the magazine without destroying the case. Nature of the system, unfortunately. I want ONE kind of ammo, and load it on a three-station progressive like I've done for years and years using a .470-ish crimp. A TC bullet similar to the Lee is what I'm after, and the accuracy of the SWC, hopefully I can get both. That MP bullet shoots like a laser, which is about the only good thing I have to say about it.