1st outing with the 40/60

[King Medallion]

Saturday I got out with the new 40/60 for the 1st time. There is good news and bad news. Bad news is that loading up the mag with more than 2 round, (I didn't try with just 2) resulted in the 1st round failing to feed, every time. The round would get cockeyed down in the lifter and not allow it to rise up and feed. Oddly, when 1st loading a round in the chamber, feeding was positive thereafter, no problems.
Problem #2, front sight sucks. I never liked the Uberti 76 front sights, and this will be an easy fix, probably will get a Fiber Optic sight that I can see.
Problem #3 is the Stock is too short for me, and the answer to that is already on the way, the matching leather  butt cover with shotgun conversion added in.
I shot the rifle with both smokeless and BP loads that came with the rifle. One of the smokeless rounds had no powder in it, and fortunately the primer had enough umph to pull the bullet all the way out the barrel. All other rounds fired without problems. Steel gong was all I shot at this day, I'll save the paper for my own loads later.
So to make a long wordy story short, I'm mostly happy with the new rifle, Just the front sight issue and loading the 1st round from the mag issue. Couple short crappy video's put in the video thread.

[Black River Smith]

You may have learned the lesson of reloading, on the lucky side rather than the worst side.  Never fire someone else's reloaded ammunition, you just can't trust what someone has done.

Pull them apart and reload the components yourself.
 
Listen to this :: 

Watch your own second video.  The first four shots had just smoke coming from the muzzle but that fifth shot had a lot of flame.  You just never know what is what in someone's reloads.

[Abilene]

I rather doubt that a primer could push a bullet out of a rifle barrel, probably had a very small amount of powder.  BRS does make a good point.  I'd trust reloads from certain people I know, but no others.  Locally, one long range shooter lost half his hand when his Sharps exploded from smokeless rounds that were highly over-loaded (I don't recall the exact details and they were his own reloads - but still - it's more than just rifle damage that can occur from errant reloading).

As to the the "cockeyed on the carrier" issue, it sounds like the same issue that has plagued a few '73 owners.  There is supposed to be a bevel in the frame opening for the carrier that helps straighten that first crooked round when the carrier rises.  That bevel may be missing or insufficient.  Without addressing the missing bevel (if that is the issue), the workaround may just be sticking a screwdriver or anything similar into the top of the action to straighten the crooked round before starting to fire.  Or using a "pusher stick" or another round into the loading gate to push the rear of the last round loaded over to the left somewhat.

[Coffinmaker]

   BRS 

PLUS ONE fer Abilene.  I would absolutely be looking at the back wall of the Carrier Block Mortice.  Should be a nice bevel there to assist the cartridge rim alignment as the carrier rises.  The quick little "work around" mentioned by Abilene is also spot on.