Motion timeline length

Is anyone else experiencing this. All of my motion files are locked at 300 frames. Now before someone tells me that is the default i know that but here is the weird thing. I create a ntsc comp and set the project length to 20 seconds. I make my necessary edits and save my file. All is well. I import the file into FCP and lay in the timeline and it states it is 20 seconds long. All is still well. Now, Let's say i want to edit the original motion file. I right click on the motn file in the timeline and select "edit in editor" and the file opens back up in motion, but now, my timeline length is locked back at the default of 300 frames (10 seconds). i thought it might be a problem with a corrupt file so i made a new one (DVD menu) and placed that in DVDSP, time looked fine. Again, i go back in and try to edit the file and it is again locked at 300 frames. I've tried to open the file from within motion and it still goes back to the default file length.
Is this happening to anyone else?

Thanks for responding Patrick. What I mean by locked....actually locked is a poor choice of word, I mean that it has defaulted back to my project being 300 frames long when it was originally set to 600 frames. I can move the project boundary marker in the timeline down the timeline to lets say anything under 300 frames but it wont go higher. I open the project properties and my project is set to 10 seconds long when it was originally set to 20 seconds. It is as if Motion is resetting my projects back to the default length.
Yes, it does loop at 10 seconds and will not go to the end of the project.
An example is: Lets say I have to go back in and change some text that falls in at 15 seconds in the timeline. I have to go back into my project settings and set my project length back to what it was originally becasue I can't get to that part of the timeline.
This is very frustrating.

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