Hello there, I am new to this board and have a question I hope you can help me with. I bought a new Vanguard S2 SS in 257 WBY a couple of weeks ago. Got to shoot this past weekend. Amazing accuracy after only 12 shots. My problem is this. About 40% of the time the spent shell casing will not be thrown clear of the magazine well. It just lays on top after cycling the bolt. We didn't really notice this at first because we were cycling the bolt slowly to retrieve the spent casings. After a few rounds I noticed the problem and tried to cycle the bolt with a spent cartridge and at first all of them failed to eject clear of the magazine. I got home and fitted a spent shell in the bolt face and it seems to fit OK and the claw extractor is grabbing it fine. I tried stretching the claw extractor slightly with an empty shell and that seemed to improve things slightly. However I still get failures over half the time. The funny thing about this is a live round ejects fine. Help from anyone is appreciated. I am wondering if this is just a break in problem and something that will get better over time as the action is cycled. Or do I need to have it repaired?
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