Mainly because if it ain't broke.... OK, I'll get around to pulling the extractor and shimming a case (one of these days)
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thinking the cartridge possibly went into battery with the rim in front of the extractor
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How could the bolt close in that condition? One thing about the Stoner design (and unlike Garand's) is that the bolt's gotta be pretty-well fully rotated before the firing pin will protrude far enough to ignite the primer.