James B, was your extractor brass is color? I had the same problem with one in a Savage Model 12, .223. I bought it used and I didn't know what the problem was at the time so I took it back to the gun shop that I bought it from to have fixed. While there the owner was telling me that the problem was either theejector spring was too strong or there wasn't enough material on the bolt face to hold the shellagainst the extractor. I just told him I wanted it fixed andI left it there. A week later, he still hadn't gotten around to it, so I picked it back up and had a friend look at it. He was telling me that the ejector spring was probably the problem as well. I couldn't see that being theculprit so I just told him thanks for looking and came home with the gun. I then started comparing the bolt from my .223 to my Savage 110 7mm. I noticed that the spring tension for the ejectors wereabout the samebut the extractor on the .223 was brass looking in color. I broke out my magnifing glass and started looking at the extractor on my .223 and saw that it was worn a lot more than the 7mm, where it comes in contact with the case. I swaped extractors and it worked like a charm and has been ever since. I ordered a new one for the .223 from some company and had it in the mail in a couple of days.