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Baer FTE issue

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#1 ·
My Camanche Baer has somewhat suddenly started throwing FTEs at me. Happened last time at the range to my son and I blamed him limp wristing it…when I got home that time I went ahead and pulled the extractor and checked tension….all seemed well so I shrugged it off. Today at the range it did it to me 8 times in 50 rounds….Wilson mags, 230g white box. Thinking I might grab some different ammo and head back later this week and try that. What else to check in mean time?
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#2 ·
Can you pull the casing out of the chamber easily? (not bulged tight) If so, It seems to me that it has to be extractor hooks....... or.... some WC mags ride high. Is the fired round getting hung up on the next round crimp. See if it happens when you fire some rounds without the mag. inserted.
 
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Try the 10-8 Performance extractor test before you start throwing money at it. Take 16 of your 20 identical mags, and load one (1) round into each. Insert mag, chamber round, eject mag, fire one round. If it properly digests and ejects all 16 rounds, the extractor is not your problem. The magazine can mask an improperly adjusted or otherwise defective extractor.
 
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