removing ejectors

[tloehrke]

When you remove the ejector from a bolt, do you find something to fill in the hole or just leave it?

 

[jds holler]

Seems to me that the empty ejector hole might be a great "excessive pressure indicator". jd

 

[SmokinJoe]

Since I really hate plunger ejectors in my varmint and target rifles I have had a bunch of them removed and filled by Greg Tannel and you almost can't tell it was ever there after he does the job. I think Carlsbad may do that work also.

 

[Richard Jones]

I just leave the hole

 

[Rockchuck]

I don't remove i just put very light springs in them.

 

[Ledd Slinger]

Or just leave the spring out and pin the plunger back in. Hole filled and no ejection. Problem solved

 

[dthomas]

I just left the hole open haven't seen a problem yet

 

[Evan]

Or just leave the spring out and pin the plunger back in. Hole filled and no ejection. Problem solved

This is what I do as well.

 

[Dgd6mm]

My .223 FTR bolt has never had an ejector in it, just a open hole. No issues with it.

 

[Mark W]

I’ve done both. On some rifles I will just leave an empty hole so that I can reinstall the injector in the future. On others I have had the hole filled if I had the rifle or just the bolt at the gun smith.

There’s absolutely no functional difference that I can tell.

 

[Texas10]

I've found that the unfilled ejector hole starts to leave telltale evidence of overpressure just before the extractor does. Good early warning system.

 

[Joe Salt]

Just leave the hole, doesn't hurt a thing!

Joe Salt

 

[lpreddick]

Same here.

 

[Rockchuck]

I don't like leaving the plunger in without the spring. The holes get filled with crud and the plunger can be hard to remove if you won't too later. Never know you may won't to do later on.

 

[PhilC]

Left open like many others.

 

[jackieschmidt]

Years back, I plugged the hole for several HBR shooters because the loads they were shooting would result in a pretty distinct mark on the case face As metal flowed into the hole. The shine comes when you open the bolt and what is now a high spot rubs against the bolt face.
I pressed a tight pin into the hole a tad long. I then chucked the bolt up faced just enough off of the bolt face to match it up,
I haven’t done one in years, as custom actions kinda relegated the Remington to 2d class status.

 

[Ledd Slinger]

I don't like leaving the plunger in without the spring. The holes get filled with crud and the plunger can be hard to remove if you won't too later. Never know you may won't to do

This comment holds no truth.
What kind of “crud” do you let get inside your rifles? With normal rifle maintenance and cleaning as one should always do, you will never have any issues removing it later on. It’s not like the plunger fits in the hole super tight. It will fall right out when the pin is removed, if not, then a little WD40 and a light tap of the bolt face on a piece of wood will do the trick

 

[dragman]

I almost always remove and and fill the ejector. I don't leave it empty

 

[Rockchuck]

This comment holds no truth.
What kind of “crud” do you let get inside your rifles? With normal rifle maintenance and cleaning as one should always do, you will never have any issues removing it later on. It’s not like the plunger fits in the hole super tight. It will fall right out when the pin is removed, if not, then a little WD40 and a light tap of the bolt face on a piece of wood will do the trick

B.s no one can keep there bolt faces that clean. You clean after each shoot

 

[Ledd Slinger]

B.s no one can keep there bolt faces that clean. You clean after each shoot

Not arguing with you. You obviously just made your original comment based on assumptions. No truth to it