Okay an update on this: First, thank you for the help guys - some very knowledge folks on this board and right on the money. I used a knife to cut away the red polymer tip of the FTX round and then tried cycling it in the 94. It cycled without a problem. Evidently, the 325 grain FTX bullets are too ...

I recently bought a bnib Winchester 94 Timber in 450 Marlin. It was made in the early 2000s and was new and unfired in the box. Anyway, it is a jam machine. So I disassembled it totally and ultrasonic'd it hard and reassembled after soaking in ballistol. It chokes up on .450 Marlin 325 FTX Hornady c...