My Model 54 Winchester in .30-06 decided not to extract today after many years of excellent service. My father bought it new in the '30s and gave it to me in 1986. Upon firing the cartridge would not extract, I went home and tried to cycle reloads that were both commercial and milsurp. After cleaning and polishing the action I learned the milsurp were not cycling and the commercial brass was. I concluded either the extractor just wore out or my batch of milsurp reloads was only neck-sized and not full resized but I don't remember which I did. Maybe I should just get a new extractor to specs if that's possible for this old gun.
Last edited by billj; 03/14/23.
