Graych I have a 22 rimfire carbine barrel with the auto eject feature and have had no problems with it at all. This was a custom shop offering on the rimfire barrels and they only offered it for a short time, I think the problem with the rimfire version was a problem with the ejector breaking where the modification is made for this function.

Albert

Of all the Contenders I have own and of all those I have seen that are owned by other shooters I have only seem one (1) with auto ejectors. I don't recall for sure the caliber but I want to say .357MAX (not .357Mag) If you think about it though auto eject is really a pain for 99% of Contender shooters. Why you ask? We mostly are reloaders and having to chase down auto ejected brass gets old very fast.

Crawfish with the auto eject feature you can choose to completely eject the round or have it eject partially like the regular barrels do. The secret to the ejection is if you choose to hold down the trigger guard, or not, after you open the barrel, if you open it up and immediately let go of the trigger guard it ejects normally, if you hold down on the trigger guard after the barrel opens and then let the trigger guard snap quickly back into place it ejects the round fully. It uses the bolt spring to eject the round, there is a slot cut into the bottom of the lug with a lever installed, and when you hold the trigger guard back when opening the barrel it holds the bolt in the in position then when you let go of the guard it catches the ejector and slams it out. Thats why I have one in the 22 rimfire only, it saves you from plucking out the brass.

Albert