I noticed the other day when I went to clean my gun that the squared-off protuding end of my ejector was gone. I'm guessing that it had to have happened when I took apart the pistol - I let the recoil spring plug get away from me as I was stripping it. (That had never happened to me before) The gun functioned perfectly the last time I took it out, I always load from the magazine, my reloads are not "hot" and I never close the slide on an empty chamber. I guess my biggest question is if this is common? Or, did I get a bad part in my gun? Either way it's back to the manufacturer already and I should have it back in 10 days.