I began having problems with about every fifth round failing to clear the ejection port recently. At first I thought it was ammo related but I have tried a variety of 40 grain rounds including CCI minimags which have ALWAYS worked in my other 22 caliber guns. The spent round is caught and partially crushed by the bolt as it closes. Great practice for clearing stove pipe stoppage but very frustrating. On dropping the mag and clearing the stove pipe the chamber has a new round in place, so the bolt seems to me to have come forward too soon, but it doesn't happen with every round. Is there a fix for this?
Intermittent ejection problem
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rickyblaze
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Have you been using a bore snake to clean? I've heard of guys that use one have sometimes accidentally bent the ejector and caused problems similar to what you're having. Do a search on ejector and I'm sure you'll find a picture of what they should look like and compare it to yours to see if yours has been bent outward. In the mean time I'll try to get a pic of mine
rickyblaze
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Looks kinda dirty. Another thing, this was what was wrong with mine, look in the ejection port from the right side and see if the ejector is parallel with the bottom of the port. Mine was slightly bent downward, so i bent it up slightly and solved the problem like what you are having.
Gary
Gary
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rickyblaze
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I do clean my weapons but not until they need it. 
tomcatt51
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I'd start by cleaning the chamber thoroughly. You really need a cleaning rod that will let you rotate a brush in the chamber (something you don't do cleaning the bore) to really get the chamber clean. A .243 bore brush is the right size.
Shooting Padre
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oh, EJECTION problem. Never mind....
Right. If the ammo has been eliminated as the problem, then Occam's Razor would best be applied here by going right to the ejector itself as to possible wear or damage, and after that is replace or verified to be good, then to whether the ejector is not being infringed (a wonderful word when used with regard to guns
) by running dirty.I don't think it's the spring because a worn spring shouldn't offer the OP's symptom of operation.
gwpercle
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Did that " EJECTION problem, never mind " by shooting padre go right over decker's head ? I got it. I thought it was funny.
Gary
Gary
premature ejection
They've got pills for that.
They've got pills for that.
tomcatt51
Member
Ejectile Dysfunction. Interesting new term for the glossary...
CrazyFingers
Member
Also, check that the ejector is still firmly seated and does not move. My rifle developed a problem where the ejector could be wiggled about 1/32" in and out of its seating channel. This meant that it would intermittently fail to eject the spent casing, and it did exactly what yours does.
The ejector should be rock-solid and should not move, at all. If it does, that's your issue.
If that's the case, do yourself a favor and get a barrel nut wrench and a set of barrel vice jaws. I sent my rifle back to S&W 3 times for this issue, with ~ 2 week turnaround total each time. After it re-developed the fourth time I invested in the right tools to remove the barrel myself. It's easy to see exactly how the ejector is installed and why this happens once you can disassemble the barrel/ejector assembly.
After I re-seated the ejector myself the last time, it has not happened again, but if it does I can fix it myself in about 30 minutes.
The ejector should be rock-solid and should not move, at all. If it does, that's your issue.
If that's the case, do yourself a favor and get a barrel nut wrench and a set of barrel vice jaws. I sent my rifle back to S&W 3 times for this issue, with ~ 2 week turnaround total each time. After it re-developed the fourth time I invested in the right tools to remove the barrel myself. It's easy to see exactly how the ejector is installed and why this happens once you can disassemble the barrel/ejector assembly.
After I re-seated the ejector myself the last time, it has not happened again, but if it does I can fix it myself in about 30 minutes.
gwpercle
Member
How do you get the gun to take them ?
CelticSire
US Veteran
Very gently to avoid premature ejection...
apollolanding
Member
Make sure the ejector just clears the bottom of the bolt and the ridge in the middle of the bolt. Otherwise the case can miss the ejection port and ricochet back into the upper. This was the problem with mine. Once I made the adjustment I've had maybe 5 failures out of 1000+ rounds.
Rundover
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Another possibility is a dirty bolt. The bolt rides on guide rails and must move freely. If the grooves are dirty or the rails are bent the bolt will not move freely changing the timing of the ejection.
If you have a fast camera you could record what it happening to get a better idea of what is wrong.
If you have a fast camera you could record what it happening to get a better idea of what is wrong.
tomcatt51
Member
These guns cycle in well less than one tenth of a second. To record that so you can really see what's happening you need a camera that will run at ~ 1,000 frames per second. How about loaning us yours?
Rundover
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You don't need to stop the action, only slow it down just enough to see what is happening. I had a AA 22 conversion on a Glock which would malfunction like every 5 rounds. Couldn't figure it out till I videoed it and saw what was happening. Fixed it and now it is completely reliable. Used a fairly good DSLR to video it at 60fps and then slowed it down in post.
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