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Posted: 3/11/2008 11:22:30 PM EDT
| I was @ a range last week firing a couple hundred rounds or so, and when i got up to pick my brass i noticed all of them were forward at a 45degree angle ? the opposite of where i expected them to be. A buddy of mine who was next to me had all his brass to the rear, we were using reloads but had no problems what so ever. should i be looking at a extractor issue ? |
No, as long as the rifle cycled correctly (read ran fine), pay little concern of the ejection angle. |
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A couple of weeks ago the shooter next to me had all of his brass fall the same way. He was shooting a RR and when I asked him about it he showed me that he ( and his buddies) cuts off about a half of a coil from the ejector spring to accomplish that. I may try that myself. If the range is busy, as in shooters to the right of me, I tend to pick up my brass after each mag's worth so it doesn't get stepped on. |
| Clipping the ejector spring will lead to the bolt ejection the spent case forward, but when the spring starts to go weak, you chance the spent case being ejected right into the front of the ejection port lip, causing a nasty jam (not mentioning the ugliness it cases to the receiver itself) as the bolt just cams the mouth of the case into the receiver. |
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