if you look at the hole in the side of the receiver up near where the lugs lock, this is the path where the jet of gas passed through from the primer exhaust, redirects off the front baffle and out the hole. rear baffle diverts anything that went through the bolt tube and came out the bolt tube. built in savage safety factor, it tends to blow out the EXTRACTOR and blow crap into the ejecter. they both may be malfunctioning. find a ball and put the extractor back together and go shoot. :)