Stuck Cases in 45/75 Uberti

[Dirty Brass]

Not a serious problem, but thought I'd mention it and get some feedback. I shot my 45/75 and 45/60 all summer long without a glitch, but when I carried the 45/75 this past gun deer season in temps that hovered around 30 - 40 degrees, I ran into a stuck case in the breech when ejecting at days end. This happened twice, with two different cases. Ejector slipped right off, and it took some rather stout pushing with a BP ramrod to push the case out from the muzzle end. I suspect it was probably a film of SPG type lube left on the cases when I loaded them. One time I had to disassemble the rifle because the lifter picked up a new round and brought it to the top before I noticed the stuck case. Couldn't close the bolt and couldn't drop the lever back down either  I was going to try firing another one the next day and see if that rendered the case loose again, but never got to it. Besides, that's not the way I like to unload a rifle at days end while hunting. Any thoughts on this probability of causing the problem? Like I said, it ran flawlessly prior to that problem....

[Grizzly Adams]

Not a serious problem, but thought I'd mention it and get some feedback. I shot my 45/75 and 45/60 all summer long without a glitch, but when I carried the 45/75 this past gun deer season in temps that hovered around 30 - 40 degrees, I ran into a stuck case in the breech when ejecting at days end. This happened twice, with two different cases. Ejector slipped right off, and it took some rather stout pushing with a BP ramrod to push the case out from the muzzle end. I suspect it was probably a film of SPG type lube left on the cases when I loaded them. One time I had to disassemble the rifle because the lifter picked up a new round and brought it to the top before I noticed the stuck case. Couldn't close the bolt and couldn't drop the lever back down either  I was going to try firing another one the next day and see if that rendered the case loose again, but never got to it. Besides, that's not the way I like to unload a rifle at days end while hunting. Any thoughts on this probability of causing the problem? Like I said, it ran flawlessly prior to that problem....

Bummer!  I suspect it was a combination of lube, possible condensation and lower temp, but I'm guessing!  I lived and hunted in Alaska for many years, and I have seen some strange things happen to rifles in low temps!

Next time you have the problem with a round failing to extract,  and one coming up on the carrier, try pushing the carrier back down.  If the round on the carrier is captured by the extractor, ease the extractor up off of the rim, and ease it past the lower rim shelf of the bolt.  You should now be able too push the carrier down.  This will allow you to remove the round from the chamber, and you can cycle the remaining rounds out normally.  Easier to do than explain!

[Dirty Brass]

Thanks for the advice. I did try doing that, but couldn't get the extracter to release the second shell. By the time I went for a screwdriver, I decided to just pull the side plates and end plug from the tube and go from there. At least I got a refresher course on assembly and disassembly