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ithacaartist · 11-23-2011, 01:49 AM

Oops! I had what is called a "Senior Moment" (brain f**t)...and confused the ejector, which is indeed tempered to be a spring, with the hold-open, which does have a spring. The springy aspect of the extractor comes into function when the action cycles back into battery. On recoil, the ejector pops out after the breech block clears it, and its effect in ejecting the empty is due to the fact that it shows up at the right time and place to give the lower area of the spent shell's rim a little flick. The combination of this flick and the extractor's grasp, which acts to allow the shell to pivot up, and then out, as it departs the influence of the extractor's hook. So, strictly speaking, the ejection is accomplished when the ejector is actually at rest, un-flexed, not loaded, it's springy action already completed. This also led to my response's inaccuracy!

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11-23-2011, 01:49 AM	#1
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,401 Thanks: 7,560 Thanked 2,643 Times in 1,393 Posts	Oops! I had what is called a "Senior Moment" (brain f**t)...and confused the ejector, which is indeed tempered to be a spring, with the hold-open, which does have a spring. The springy aspect of the extractor comes into function when the action cycles back into battery. On recoil, the ejector pops out after the breech block clears it, and its effect in ejecting the empty is due to the fact that it shows up at the right time and place to give the lower area of the spent shell's rim a little flick. The combination of this flick and the extractor's grasp, which acts to allow the shell to pivot up, and then out, as it departs the influence of the extractor's hook. So, strictly speaking, the ejection is accomplished when the ejector is actually at rest, un-flexed, not loaded, it's springy action already completed. This also led to my response's inaccuracy!