HELP - Ejector problem?

[BRDHNTR]

It happened again yesterday on the last 2 rounds of skeet. Had to disassemble as before and re-cock the ejector hammers. Dropped the gun off with Dan Cullity today. WTF!

[Bob Hardison]

Allen: That's terrible product service life. It should be covered under warranty! Good luck on the repair. I have read that Parker ejectors can be a nightmare to repair. Bob

[Kensal Rise]

In frustration, I once wrote a magazine feature entitled "Ejectors Are Rubbish."

And while I certainly appreciate the mechanical magic of double gun ejectors, they do tend to invite problems.

And only a very good ejector man can fix them correctly. Especially Greener ejectors!

As a result, I now now prefer nicely kept extractor guns. They are universally foolproof... albeit less magical.

[BRDHNTR]

Kensal, I was thinking the same thing. Dan Cullity has worked on Parker ejectors before and being only 8 miles from my house, having Dan work on this gun made infinite sense rather than shipping it out. I have fired this gun perhaps 200 times and only 2 malfunctions, but that's 2 too many! Why it's intermittent, I do not know but Dan will figure it out, And hopefully, it won't require fab'ing any new parts. Hopefully there's just some crud somewhere that's throwing a wrench in the works. One can only hope. Brad has a VHE that he's in the process of re-stocking ad this VHE has not given me any problems, so not all ejectors are problematic. (I hope!)

[edgarspencer]

Crud in the ejector sear would explain them not staying cocked, but that doesn't explain the problem with not being able to open the gun. I suspect something may be jamming the ejector hammers from going back, which would also prevent the gun from opening.

[B. Dudley]

I personally have had a lot of trouble with RST hulls in ejector guns. Especially reloaded RST hulls. Some of those problems are the gun being hard to open due to the brass sticking in the chamber and not wanting to lift out.

[BRDHNTR]

Gents, perhaps I was not fully clear in describing the problem. When it malfunctions, the gun is broken open, the shells are ejected but I am unable to close the gun. The gun locks in the open position I then remove the fore end, then I'm able to remove the barrels from the frame. I pull out the ejector rods (?) then I put the fore end back on the barrels and push the rods back in each to cock the ejector hammers. I then remove the fore end and mount the barrels back on the frame, re-attach the fore end and I'm good to go until this happens again. Twice thus far. I walked Dan Cullity through this process and hopeful he can figure it out. I only reload and shoot Remington Gun Club shells w/ 1 oz loads.

[edgarspencer]

Originally Posted by allen newell

Gents, perhaps I was not fully clear in describing the problem. When it malfunctions, the gun is broken open,

Originally Posted by allen newell

Was at the range today shooting my first round of trap with my 12 ga. DHE. After several rounds fired, the gun would not break open fully,

Perhaps when you said it would not fully open is what confused me to think it would not fully open.

[BRDHNTR]

I mis spoke Edgar. When it last malfunctioned, I paid much closer attention to noting everything. When I opened the gun, the two shells were ejected, but it apparently did not re-cock, nor could I close the gun. I then went through all the steps that I've indicated above.