M 18 and 22/32 hard ejection

[Protocall_Design]

Also, when reaming, you want to leave the extractor in, as it is part of the chamber. You do want to clean the space under the extractor and the bottom of the extractor well before starting. Put a couple of fired cases in other chambers to keep the extractor from moving sideways. Ream so that the seat for the rim cleans up on both the cylinder and extractor so they are both in the same plane.

 

[jkingrph]

No disrespect intended toward your gunsmith, but it's *possible* that his reamer was worn, just as S&W's reamers wear as cylinders are manufactured, eventually resulting in undersize cylinder chambers before they change their tooling. If that was the case, he may not have removed enough material to bring your chambers into SAAMI spec.

Please post the results of your own reaming when you receive your new reamer. I'm curious whether you'll remove much material since your gunsmith already worked on your chambers.

Some of the .22's I've done have taken quite a bit of work to bring into spec (lots of turns, lots of material removed) and some took hardly any time at all (very few turns, very little material removed). The good news is that all my .22 revolvers will now shoot ANY ammo I've run through them with absolutely zero extraction issues. This includes a bunch of S&W's, Rossi, Taurus, and Ruger revolvers.

Best of luck in your endeavor!

Lou

That was one thing I was thinking. When I get the new reamer we will know.

 

[SGT ROCK 11B]

I got a M 18 and a 22/32 Kit gun (I frame) last year and when I shot them the empties were so tight I could not eject them …

Any suggestions

I’m thinking poor job of cleaning the revolver cylinders by the previous owners.

Besides 22s I see it a lot in 357s that had a steady of 38s fired in them.

 

[SGT ROCK 11B]

You know I never had a problem in the 1960s to the early 2000s with the 22 revolvers and
shooting with my children and grandchildren. But I am really OCD about cleaning firearms.

So is this a current production issue with the revolvers or with the ammunition today?