Working with a friend on his model 7 in 308 and noticed the ejector does not protrude past the face of the bolt. Needless to say, it will not eject cases. He has shot only factory loads in this gun so there has been no brass flow into the ejector from over pressure loads.

I took out the retaining pin and can push the ejector in just slightly but it won't come past the face of the bolt. Have it soaking in Kroil now to see if that will help. Looking for any suggestions of how to get it out or at least loose enough to work.

If you pull the firing pin assembly out of the bolt you can take a 6†or so long piece of 1/16 “ drill rod and gently [!] tap the ejector out from the rear. Be careful because that end of “hole†is actually just a slot. The 1/16th inch rod will go through the spring and contact the ejector itself.

If the spring stays in you can pull it out with a dental pick. Then you want to start scrubing and cleaning with pipe cleaners. The ones Brownells sells with the stiff plastic bristles works really well.

It’s probably just gunk built up in there but you also might check to see if there is a burr around the retaining pin hole.

A little addendum to my suggestion.

If you want to try a “quickie†to see if it works...try this first.

Put on safety glasses [!!!!] and try pushing the ejector in as far as you can with a punch and then rapidly let the pressure off to see if the spring itself will push the ejector out enough so you can grab it with a pair of smooth jawed pliers.

I'll second Rick0311. The same occurred to me and a cleaning did the trick.

I have had to drill them out. It does get interesting when you get through the plunger and into the spring.

Jim

Gravity works[!]...and any oil in the firing pin assembly ends up migrating into the ejector/plunger area sooner or later. This is especially true when the weapon is carried or stored for long periods of time with the muzzle down.

The ejector plunger is a pretty tight fit in its hole and it doesn’t take allot of gunk in there to stick things up.

Most of my 700’s have Robar’s NP3 coating (self lubricating) on the bolts so I don’t use much lube on them at all.

I’m not sure I would ever resort to drilling out a stuck ejector because I have always found tapping them out from the rear or tapping them down from the front always frees them up enough to remove.

Of course, I also have locks and big red warning signs on all of my electrical tools which forces me to make a conscience decision to use them when working on rifles! I’ve screwed up more projects with Foredom tools and drill motors than I care to remember.