I've been lurking here for quite some time now getting educated and I'm just trying to get started in CAS once I obtain the guns required. I'm not off to a good start.
After waiting 6 months to finally find an 18" Uberti in .357/.38, I've been snake bit
. I took it out for the first time today and had a failure to eject (FTE) on round number 91. I had ran 50 rounds of .357 and 40 rounds of .38 without any issues whatsoever, and then on round 91, which was .38, FTE. Examining closer I found that the tab on the bottom of the breech block was sheared off and the brass carrier had a slight gouge on each side where it starts to neck down on top. This is a completely stock non-modified Uberti. Has anyone seen this before on a gun that hasn't been short stroked??? More importantly, what could have caused the tab on the breech block to shear off???
I had planned on getting an action job, springs, short stroke kit, etc., but now it looks like I need to send it back to Uberti just to figure out why I had this failure before I void the warranty. Has anyone dealt with Uberti's service department and warranty? Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I'm even wondering if I should just send it to the shop where I had planned to do all the work to see if they could figure out what happened and change the breech block. I just don't think I should have to incur that cost since this gun has 91 rounds through it and a week old. Thoughts please.