I had a buddy that had a simular problem with a 45 Colt Ruger, we patch or two in a cleaning rod loop jag, and coated it with Flitz. Polishing out the cylinder using the jag/Flitz in a LOW RPM cordless.

Then did the same thing with a couple of clean patches to clean up the Flitz, and the problem went away.

As for Hornady maybe having had a lot of bad brass, I am sure it happens as I got some 300 Win Mag that the Belt was too wide and thus would not chamber, I sent it back and they replaced it right away.

Good Luck, it might be worth a try before you send the gun away.

Zero

what does the chamber finish look like? maybe it needs to go back to Taurus for some extra finishing.

was out sighting in my raging bull 454 this weekend. I was shooting hornady 300 xtp mags. A very strong load (1600+ fps) and surprisingly consistant, each 3 shot group left one ragged hole in the target at 45 yards. I'm very happy with this load except I have to litteraly pound the empty brass out of the cylander. Any one have any tricks to stop this with out going to weaker loads?


gunner

Have you shot any lead bullets in your pistol? Maybe it has lead in the cylinder. If you pound on the extractor you stand a chance of cracking the frame. One of my friends did it on a Dan Wesson it was an expensive repair.

If you are getting that good groups share the recipe with me. Are you using a scope if so what kind?

My 454 Raging Bull would stick factory wimpy winchester ammo when I first got it. The chambers were slightly larger just ahead of the base. I sent it back to Taurus and it came back fine. When I went to extract the cases, they would move freely for just a little bit, then get stuck. Since then I have loaded 405 cast to 1500+ and just barely got sticky extraction. I wouldn't recomend that load, but the brass didn't give too much of a problem with extraction.

Yeah, only two things to cause it, chamber or too hot of a load. Does the brass stick with a lighter load?

OK, I cleaned the hell outa the cylinder so we'll see what happens. I really doubt that will solve anything. Upon further inspection of the brass that was sticking I noticed that they are bulged at the bottom. Now a few months ago I was shooting the same loads, these empties don't stick near as bad. Could Hornady have passed on some bad brass? Maybe I just got a bad box of shells. I'm going out this after noon to shoot with a different box of shells(exact load), however they were right next to each other on the shelf so I might not learn anything. we'll see



gunner

Brass certainly varies from brand to brand and even lot to lot.Thickness and hardness can vary.Chambers can also vary in dimensions and surface finish. Solution - harder and thicker brass, lower pressure loads. Rough chambers can be polished , go easy here since you are changing chamber dimensions and polish fore and aft .