An easy way to use the Wheeler Method

[hoz53]

Yesterday wanted to find touch in a R700 , but didnt really want to remove the ejector so I just took a piece of sized brass and ground a slot in the case head to clear the ejector, like a garand head space gauge. Stuck the case with bullet on the bolt and it was good to go.

 

[Shooter13]

Great idea, mark it for what it is for and never remove the ejector again. Love it!

 

[hoz53]

Great idea, mark it for what it is for and never remove the ejector again. Love it!

yep i usually mark the bullet i use on the case and keep them all in a box for future reference. youre right prob wont remove ejectors so much any more.

 

[RegionRat]

I save all my ground cases along with the ones that are tapped for the same purpose and keep the reference bullets with them too. I have not pulled an ejector for that purpose in many years.
Merry Christmas.

 

[JMayo]

A pic would be great .... I have pulled one off so many times I dread it.
Been on my hands and knees several times looking for spring or ejector ...

 

[powderbrake]

Having this tool makes it easy and you wont loose the spring. Fits all remington style bolts.

https://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-...-remington-ejector-spring-tool-prod34592.aspx

 

[pikespeakgoat]

Great idea, thanks...just cut a few:

 

[fatelvis]

I love the little tips from this site. I'm constantly learning, even after 37yrs of handloading.

 

[hoz53]

A pic would be great .... I have pulled one off so many times I dread it.
Been on my hands and knees several times looking for spring or ejector ...

lol shot a few across the shop myself. see pikespeak post for the idea.

 

[hoz53]

Great idea, thanks...just cut a few:
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thats the idea-- looks almost like you milled them

 

[hoz53]

Having this tool makes it easy and you wont loose the spring. Fits all remington style bolts.

https://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-...-remington-ejector-spring-tool-prod34592.aspx

i thought of buying one of those many times. I also made a few versions-they were not so hot. I may still buy one one of these days

 

[pikespeakgoat]

thats the idea-- looks almost like you milled them

I'm fortunate to have a bp, 3/16" bit worked just right

 

[jackieschmidt]

Great tip.

 

[LRPV]

I tried this years ago and it didn’t work for me. Can’t remember why at the moment but it wasn’t consistent for one reason or another. So, you guys are getting this to work and getting the same results as you do when pulling the ejector? maybe I didn’t make my slot big enough or something but I couldn’t make it work.

 

[Kracken McGraw]

Having this tool makes it easy and you wont loose the spring. Fits all remington style bolts.

https://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-...-remington-ejector-spring-tool-prod34592.aspx

I may have to try one of these too. I really need a third hand sometimes!

 

[Ledd Slinger]

Nice. That would be a piece of cake to modify cases on my mill. Might have to try it. Will check the modified cases against unmodified cases with the ejector removed for consistency

 

[Ledd Slinger]

Having this tool makes it easy and you wont loose the spring. Fits all remington style bolts.

https://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-...-remington-ejector-spring-tool-prod34592.aspx

I’ve had that tool in my chest for years and couldn’t remember what the hell it was for??? Guess I got so used to doing the ejector by hand I didn’t really need it like I must have thought I did whenever it was that I bought it. Lol

 

[hoz53]

I tried this years ago and it didn’t work for me. Can’t remember why at the moment but it wasn’t consistent for one reason or another. So, you guys are getting this to work and getting the same results as you do when pulling the ejector? maybe I didn’t make my slot big enough or something but I couldn’t make it work.

as long as the ejector isnt pushing on the case why would there be any difference- i used a grinder so i did have to deepen the slot after 1st try

 

[22DASHER]

So much easier just to seat them where you get square marks and blast away.

 

[Ray Gross]

as long as the ejector isnt pushing on the case why would there be any difference- i used a grinder so i did have to deepen the slot after 1st try

The problem, as I see it, of using an ejector cut out case with the wheeler method is that the ejector is rotating the bullet in the lands. The Wheeler method depends on feeling the tiny bit of force it may take to extract the bullet from the lands. The rotation is breaking the bullet free prior to the bolt reaching the extraction cam. That's going to give a different feel and thus length, than using a bolt with out the ejector