Bolt ejector smearing/marking up brass?

[carlsbad]

This isn't a mystery. It is too tight. Either bolt is too tight or ejector is proud. --Jerry

 

[Baer45]

Barrel gunsmith said ejector had sharp edges and to send bolt head to him and he will fix it...to be continued

 

[antelopedundee]

Barrel gunsmith said ejector had sharp edges and to send bolt head to him and he will fix it...to be continued

Not to be critical, but shouldn't he have noticed something was amiss after he tried [or should have tried] to chamber a case?

 

[antelopedundee]

OTOH how can an ejector spring just get weak? The Remington 783 I have won't eject cases.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

OTOH how can an ejector spring just get weak? The Remington 783 I have won't eject cases.

Sometimes they get a bur in the bore where the pin goes thru and after a while itll start snagging the spring. Take it apart and if the spring will slide in and out without resistance its right

 

[Baer45]

The ejector having a sharp edge is on DT, not on the custom barrel maker. Should DT have caught this before gun went out?... I doubt it because with their barrel, it may not have happened, plus DT guns are sold in parts, it would be hard to do....and this barrel may have had a tighter headspace...meaningwith a DT barrel, no problem would have shown up..(I have over thought this)

 

[antelopedundee]

The ejector having a sharp edge is on DT, not on the custom barrel maker. Should DT have caught this before gun went out?... I doubt it because with their barrel, it may not have happened, plus DT guns are sold in parts, it would be hard to do....and this barrel may have had a tighter headspace...meaningwith a DT barrel, no problem would have shown up..(I have over thought this)

I was under the impression that the "smith" fit the barrel to the OP's action/rifle. Is this not the case? Or did the smith just supply a should fit barrel?

 

[Baer45]

I was under the impression that the "smith" fit the barrel to the OP's action/rifle. Is this not the case? Or did the smith just supply a should fit barrel?

If you are familiar w/DT conversions, there is not a need to have a gunsmith fit a barrel, custom or otherwise..,that is a big part of why DT are so popular...

 

[antelopedundee]

If you are familiar w/DT conversions, there is not a need to have a gunsmith fit a barrel, custom or otherwise..,that is a big part of why DT are so popular...

Not familiar, but I looked it up. Since the OP mentioned gunsmith I assumed it was gunsmith fitted.

 

[Steve Ladino]

Very minimum head space, and heavy ejector spring.

I agree and there is quite a bit of brass smear on the bolt face rim area near the extractor, which may have the ejector bound up some if it gets into the ejector plunger bore

 

[antelopedundee]

Sometimes they get a bur in the bore where the pin goes thru and after a while itll start snagging the spring. Take it apart and if the spring will slide in and out without resistance its right

It will depress a bit, but only pops out until it's flush with the bolt face but no further. I assume one puts a case in the end of the bolt and just taps out the retaining pin.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

It will depress a bit, but only pops out until it's flush with the bolt face but no further. I assume one puts a case in the end of the bolt and just taps out the retaining pin.

Yes but do it in a ziploc bag. You WILL lose parts eventually

 

[rwj]

Yes but do it in a ziploc bag. You WILL lose parts eventually

Yup... but I miss crawling around on the floor with a magnet looking for those little projectiles

 

[Curmudgeon]

Just buy one of these.

 

[Baer45]

Just buy one of these.
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Where do you buy one? Never mine...should have known to go to Sinclair first!

 

[natdscott]

Just buy one of these.
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That tool for a Remington 2-lug is not gonna work on a DTA 6-lug whose bolt diameter isn't even the same.

 

[antelopedundee]

That tool for a Remington 2-lug is not gonna work on a DTA 6-lug whose bolt diameter isn't even the same.

I think that was intended to be suggested for use on the bolt of my Rem 783. Cept the ejector in the bolt of my 783 is already flush with the bolt face.

 

[rwk]

Face might not be square to bolt

 

[msinc]

OTOH how can an ejector spring just get weak? The Remington 783 I have won't eject cases.

I have seen several "plunger" style ejectors stick in their bore. If the rifle is a Remington it is real typical to find carbide blasting media in the bore. They just don't do a very good job of cleaning things up at Remington these days. The bore it sets in is a pretty close fit, so, as posted previously, there are several things that can make it stick. Unburned powder, carbon, slivers of brass, old sticky lube...
I always break it down and clean everything real good, solvent and compressed air. I also always polish the ejector face and if needed give it a slight radius. There used to be an old saying or standby thing about clipping 3 {???} coils off the ejector spring. The idea was that it was too strong from the factory and clipping the coils off made it so it wouldn't shove the case to one side of the chamber. I don't know if that did much. I do believe that the ejector spring on many rifles is too strong, but I don't know if you should {or even can} be able to push it flat with your fingernail??? Seems like that might be tough to do with a recessed bolt face. Don't get me wrong, it only needs to get the case to clear the receiver and thumb pressure would probably do it fine...I just haven't seen the facotry rifle with a plunger style ejector that was that easy.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

I have seen several "plunger" style ejectors stick in their bore. If the rifle is a Remington it is real typical to find carbide blasting media in the bore. They just don't do a very good job of cleaning things up at Remington these days. The bore it sets in is a pretty close fit, so, as posted previously, there are several things that can make it stick. Unburned powder, carbon, slivers of brass, old sticky lube...
I always break it down and clean everything real good, solvent and compressed air. I also always polish the ejector face and if needed give it a slight radius. There used to be an old saying or standby thing about clipping 3 {???} coils off the ejector spring. The idea was that it was too strong from the factory and clipping the coils off made it so it wouldn't shove the case to one side of the chamber. I don't know if that did much. I do believe that the ejector spring on many rifles is too strong, but I don't know if you should {or even can} be able to push it flat with your fingernail??? Seems like that might be tough to do with a recessed bolt face. Don't get me wrong, it only needs to get the case to clear the receiver and thumb pressure would probably do it fine...I just haven't seen the facotry rifle with a plunger style ejector that was that easy.

I think the main objective with a factory rifle is to clear the action at any price. case mouths are not given any consideration