Originally Posted by cgt4570

It's a stretch but did the ejector rod unscrew a few turns? That will cause a binding with chambered rounds. That pre-war gun has traditional right hand threads. If you don't have an ejector rod wrench, you can use a scrap of leather in a vise to make sure the rod is fully threaded into the extractor. Just make sure to put a couple empty rounds in the cylinder to keep from stressing the extractor star and pins.