Thoughts on Cocking Ejectors

[ArtS]

Originally Posted by Brian Dudley

The ejector hammers are not supposed to need to be re-cocked.

The hammers tripping when the forend is removed indicates a mechanical issue that needs addressing.

The ejectors often need to be re-cocked when the fore end is removed without the gun being cocked. In this situation it is hard to reinstall the barrels without it. This is a situation that comes up often on the board, often from new users, who can't get the fore end back on. The almost universal response from many users is to use a wooden block of dowel to force them forward until they cock. I have always done it this way. After having done this, it slipping off, and the ejector hammer snapping at the sear I believe this is maybe not the best way to do it. With the iron out of the fore end it appears that an ejector hammer released at the end of the throw is subjected to a really sharp blow against the sear area which can (did) result a break in that narrow critical area. I believe now that the best way is to cock them with the fore end mounted on the barrels. T

That small L shaped area is the most likely place to break according to people I have talked to, and I suspect that it may happen more than we know due to recocking.

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Arthur Shaffer

That small L shaped area is the most likely place to break according to people I have talked to, and I suspect that it may happen more than we know due to recocking.

Art, on Repros this is ALWAYS where it breaks through normal use, not recocking, because of incorrect duplication of the ejector hammer when they were manufactured.





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