WOW. That's one of the most bizarre gunsmithing encounters I have ever heard. Congrats on finding that little sucker. I love hearing stories like that. I have 2 Win. 94s (.357 and .44 Mag) and for years I have heard people talk about feed malfunctions of these guns and kept wondering when mine might start choking. And in over 20 years I have never had a single instance where they would not feed Spl. or Magnum rounds. I feel so lucky.