It's not difficult to replace the ejector, and putting one in that is .03 longer wouldn't be dangerous, and easy to undo. The long 1911 ejectors are quite a bit longer than that I believe. As for the spring, it's possible that someone put a stronger spring in. What I was hoping for was advice like "when 'a" happens, do "b". The extractor holds a loaded round in the breechface of the removed slide even with light shaking, so I tend to not think it's the extractor, it also has nice sharp edges. Unfortunately I don't intend to shoot the NIB Star, which might show me some things. I can however check the spring against the one in the new Star. The extractor looks the same on both. I do have some "+P" self defense ammo, but am loathe to shoot them as they are expensive! I'll check the ejector and spring of the new gun against the beater in the photo. It's true, I have a lot to learn, and the only way to learn is by asking or doing
