After doing a better examination of the extractor on the new .204 ruger, the extractor is mechanical, not spring driven, if I try to hold the extractor in the closed position as I open the action, the extractor will over power my attempt to keep it from doing it's thing, extracting the case. So it is definetly an improvement over the old spring driven ejector IF you prefer an extractor to an ejector. This should be the end of the stuck case problem.