
Browning Extractor Issues?
Bought a Browning Silver Field 12ga brand new about a month ago and have had nothing but issues. From the gate, it would fail to properly eject about 1/10 rounds I put through it (Federal). Finally thought maybe it was the ammo, so I bought some Fiocchi to try instead. This time, every shell would get stuck, fail to lock the bolt back, etc. Finally one shell didn’t move the bolt at all and seized the whole thing. I had to take it back to the store where they finally helped me get it back open and clear the shell, which looked like this (see the rim). Decided to send it back under warranty to Browning after the shop said it was probably a bad extractor.
Anyone have an idea what happened? Is it possible I just got a lemon? This is my first shotgun and am wondering if I did something wrong. I only shot ~200 shells through it and cleaned it once, and thought I followed the instructions in the manual when I put it back together.
TL;DR: Bought a new Browning Silver Field and have had nothing but problems. Just wondering if this is normal.