ObsidianOne
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I recently bought a box of .357 (found a deal, $25.00 for 50 rounds) to run through my Sauer & Sohn Chief Marshal .357.
Mind you, I've shot .38 Special through it without a problem.
I tried out the .357, all shot fine, but when time came to remove the spent casings, two became VERY stubborn to release. I pushed the ejection rod, casing came out about 1/4" to 1/2" and stopped.
Tried pushing it back in, it was STUCK.
Luckily, we had a hammer and a brass punch handy and were able to lightly tap out the casing after removing the cylinder from the gun.
Casing had all kinds of scrape marks on it, didn't look blown out in any way.
I tried running another six through it, and same thing, except on more than two of the casings, I believe 4 of 6 did it.
Does this sound like bad ammo, or do I need to take my cylinder to a gunsmith and get it polished or something?
Again, like I said, .38 Special goes through with no problem.
The brand on the ammo is Remington UMC .357 Magnum 127 grain JSP (which I found odd, as my .38 Special ammo is usually 132 grain, different brands, not Remington UMC)
Mind you, I've shot .38 Special through it without a problem.
I tried out the .357, all shot fine, but when time came to remove the spent casings, two became VERY stubborn to release. I pushed the ejection rod, casing came out about 1/4" to 1/2" and stopped.
Tried pushing it back in, it was STUCK.
Luckily, we had a hammer and a brass punch handy and were able to lightly tap out the casing after removing the cylinder from the gun.
Casing had all kinds of scrape marks on it, didn't look blown out in any way.
I tried running another six through it, and same thing, except on more than two of the casings, I believe 4 of 6 did it.
Does this sound like bad ammo, or do I need to take my cylinder to a gunsmith and get it polished or something?
Again, like I said, .38 Special goes through with no problem.
The brand on the ammo is Remington UMC .357 Magnum 127 grain JSP (which I found odd, as my .38 Special ammo is usually 132 grain, different brands, not Remington UMC)