OK-I took one of those Hoppes tornado spring looking bore things, hooked it to my drill and really let it work. Then I got a bore mop that would just go in to the charge holes, put some Mothers mag pollish on it and applied more pollish for each hole. Durring both processes I got a lot of black gunk from the bores, this after an extensive cleaning. Out to the range and back. took 30 rounds that I loaded a couple of tenths lighter-6.1 or 6.2 apx. [I] also took 6 factory 40 S&W FMJ's to try. There was some improvement-I was able to get the 10mm's out just hitting the ejector with my hand-so not nearly as stuck-but stuck just the same. The .40 FMJ's came out smoothly, the way you would want them to. What's next? Thanks, Flapjack