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Posted: 1/28/2009 2:50:02 PM EDT
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Is it normal for it to become marked up when shooting? Also, what's the best way to clean it?
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If you don't like it, here's a trick to change the ejection path so that it doesn't eject the brass back into the deflector. I did this because my brass was getting dented, and I'm an obsessive compulsive reloader.
Remove the ejector spring, and cut off half a coil. Reassemble and fire. Continue this process, a half coil at a time, until the brass is going where you want it. Mine took 2 full coils if I rember correctly. I've run several different loads through it since then, and never had any problems (jams, safety, etc.). But that doesn't mean you won't either. Gotta include the disclaimer! Probably voids the warranty too. Jeez, now it's like I'm trying to talk you out of it! 
Edited to add: Oh yeah, and if you shoot left-handed you could end up changing the path to where the brass hits you in the face and then you'll look like this: 
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I've run several different loads through it since then, and never had any problems (jams, safety, etc.). But that doesn't mean you won't either. Gotta include the disclaimer! Probably voids the warranty too. Jeez, now it's like I'm trying to talk you out of it!
Its all the lawyers fault. Before long hospitals will have to put disclaimers on our kids when we bring them home from the hospital "May spit up, get sick, cost you money and hate you later in life". A lot in life is just common sense. Too bad everyone in this world seems to have lost it. |
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If you don't like it, here's a trick to change the ejection path so that it doesn't eject the brass back into the deflector. I did this because my brass was getting dented, and I'm an obsessive compulsive reloader. Remove the ejector spring, and cut off half a coil. Reassemble and fire. Continue this process, a half coil at a time, until the brass is going where you want it. Mine took 2 full coils if I rember correctly. I've run several different loads through it since then, and never had any problems (jams, safety, etc.). But that doesn't mean you won't either. Gotta include the disclaimer! Probably voids the warranty too. Jeez, now it's like I'm trying to talk you out of it!
Edited to add: Oh yeah, and if you shoot left-handed you could end up changing the path to where the brass hits you in the face and then you'll look like this: I did something similar to this on my Bushmaster because I am also OCD. There's an article on how to do it somewhere, not on this site though. What it said is to take the ejector pin out, then put the ejector spring and ejector in the bolt but just leave them loose. Measure how far the ejector sticks out past the bolt face, that's about how much you want to cut off. So you essentially want the ejector to be flush with the bolt face when it sits in there loosely. I did this but the first time I cut off too much on the spring so my brass would barely fly out of the action, it would only fly out about 6 inches. So I got another spring and cut it just a little less, now the ejector is about flush with the bolt face, maybe sticks out just a bit, but less than a millimeter if it does at all. So what I would do is basically the same procedure as above, but when you measure how much to take off of the spring, take off a little less. You can always cut more off, but you can't put it back on if you cut too much. And use a Dremel with just a regular cut-off wheel, that way the end you cut won't be sharp and scratch up the bolt. It may not be necessary, but since I am OCD I took a fine file and just smoothed up the end of the spring so it wouldn't scratch the inside of the bolt. Look around for that article, I don't remember where I saw it, but it isn't a very complicated procedure so you should be able to figure it out yourself. |
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Sorry, but it aways cracks me up when people post about this. The thing is there to defelct the case, and people get worried because it's doing it;s job. There is a reason the case deflector is there. To deflect cases. When you see signs that it is actually doing what it is supposed to, you shouldn't sweat it. Just clean it up with what ever substance you use for cleaning your gun if your worried about the way it looks.
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Sorry, but it aways cracks me up when people post about this. The thing is there to defelct the case, and people get worried because it's doing it;s job. There is a reason the case deflector is there. To deflect cases. When you see signs that it is actually doing what it is supposed to, you shouldn't sweat it. Just clean it up with what ever substance you use for cleaning your gun if your worried about the way it looks. Adrock1 Most people are here not because they are shooters but wanna bees/casual shooters and they worry about their tools. I am amazed though by the people who bitch about brass marks or any marks what so ever on the bolts thinking that the manufacturer isn't going to test the rifkle before it hits the customer? 
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