Stuck casings, brand new Model 69 - help

[Pdxrn]

Update: In the event anyone cares, I devoted an inordinate amount of time and TLC to my charge holes, cleaning, polishing and/or whatnot. I had marked the charge hole where the last Underwood Xtreme Penetrator .44 Spl stuck. Today I fired 5 rounds of the Underwood .44MAG 220g Xtreme Penetrator. Two casings slid out by gravity, two required a gentle push with the extractor/ejector (sorry I'm new to this), but the marked problem chamber would allow the casing to come out about halfway out but only with some force. I pushed that troublemaker back in, loaded up four more Buffalo Bore 265g Dangerous Game loads in the remaining chambers, fired em' off, and nothing came out easily - I took the 69 home. Once home, one casing tapped out easy with a dowel, the others seemed stuck enough with gentle tapping, so I'll be shipping this thing off and will check back in a couple months. Thanks to all again. At least I might one day be able to fire Underwoods in this picky little brat.

 

[Paul105]

Thanks for the update.

 

[__steve__]

Those buffalo bore 265 gr "dangerous game" loads are pushing 1200 ft lbs of energy, and highly likely the culprit

 

[mod29]

I am curious how your revolver would do shooting standard 240-gr magnum ammo, something like Winchester White Box 240-gr soft points. If you experience spent casings sticking with that load, something ain't right.

If I have to pound out spent casings, I figure there's a decent chance the loads are too hot for the gun. For my S&W 629 revolvers, if I want factory loads I shoot the WWB 240-gr JSP ammo. Good stuff, lots of power and about all I really want to deal with in a handgun.

For my 29-2s, pretty much all I shoot in them are my reloads, which are light magnum loads (or warm Specials, depending on how you look at it) in magnum cases.

Hopefully you'll have the chance to shoot some standard magnum loads before you send it off to the factory. If you do, please let us know how it does with those loads.