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Brent
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Low wall ejectors
Feb 1st, 2006 at 3:55pm
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I have a .22 low wall that is almost perfect.  But one thing it does irregularly is to fail to eject the shell.  This is not a big dela but sort of a pain when concentating on a good offhand target.  Sometimes, it kicks the shell out over my shoulder but 50% of the time it stops half way out of the chamber.  Ammo is Wolf Match Extra

Is there any trick to timing or enhancing them in some way to work better?  The ejector spring is the flat-spring type and it is in good shape and lightly lubed.

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Re: Low wall ejectors
Reply #1 - Feb 1st, 2006 at 4:30pm
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Brent:

I suspect that much of the blame can be put on the ammo. Wolf seems to use very soft brass and so it tends to get real cozy with the chamber walls. Any chamber roughness is going to show up. Also the ammo is a bit dirty. Perhaps it is the lube they use but my rifles will only eject about 50 rounds reliably and then the chamber needs cleaning.  Swabing the chamber with a dry patch occasionally seems to solve this problem without messing with the bore conditioning.

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Reply #2 - Feb 1st, 2006 at 4:37pm
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Thanks Glenn,
Sounds like q-tips are in order.  Will give it a go.  I think Ely's best ammo does it too.

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Re: Low wall ejectors
Reply #3 - Feb 2nd, 2006 at 1:09am
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This is going to seem a bit "far out". However, I have a S&W Model 41 that was extremely reliable. After several years of use, the cycle of reliability seemed to noticeably deteriorate. In other words, I had to clean it with ever shorter cycles to maintain reliability, then it would start to fail to eject. I examined it carefully and could find nothing that would tend to cause this. I do most of my own maintenance work including some mild gunsmithing but this was evidently beyond my experience and/or ability to solve.

Fortunately, I had access to a Top Line pistol smith (Harold Johnson, a former Marine Gunnery Sgt that smithed the Marines Team guns when the Marines "Owned" Camp Perry). Harold took one look at the pistol and stated that the chamber was leaded up, a not uncommon condition on a pistol that had had thousands of rounds shot through it. He had a special chamber reamer with somewhat dulled lands that easily removed all of the lead without removing any metal from the chamber (Brownell's now offers these). The pistol immediately started working like new again. Active pistol match competitors may find this a common problem.

The lead in the chamber was polished by the cleaning rod until it looked just like the barrel surface. You really could not tell it was leaded up. However, a serious amount of lead was removed from the chamber.

It seems to me that this could also happen with a single shot rifle.

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Re: Low wall ejectors
Reply #4 - Feb 2nd, 2006 at 5:49pm
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Or it may be due to a combination of drag in the large contact area of the extractor to the barrel, receiver, etc and a maladjusted spring.  I never have gotten it quite right on any of my rimfire 'walls!   Embarrassed

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