Just received a New .44 magnum Super 14 Contender barrel I had ordered from Midsouth. Cleaned it up, removed the iron sights, mounted the scope and everything looked good. Then I dropped a .44 cartridge in the chamber and kerplunk, it went right by the extractor/ejector into the chamber. Took the barrel off the frame, pushed the extractor flush with the rear edge of the barrel, dropped in a .44 magnum cartridge and then pushed out on the extractor, it didn't even touch the rim of the .44 cartridge. Seems it might be an extractor/ejector for a .45 Colt sized rim diameter.
Doggone it, seems for the last three or four years every new American-made gun I buy has a "major malfunction" right out the box!
I guess I'll call MidSouth tomorrow and see about sending the barrel back for a refund. I believe I will get a Contender barrel from Bullberry so I know what I'm getting.