I have a Santa Barbara Mauser rifle that is not ejecting well. Often, the spent cartridge is left laying in the magazine port. It is my very amateur determination that the ejector is not sticking out far enough past the bolt face in the fully opened condition to give good, positive ejection. I want to try to fix this by buying a new ejector that is longer. There is a small amount of extra space ahead of the ejector cut in the action that would make this possible. If I buy a new ejector, will it be longer, and intended to be fitted by filing, or is it likely to be the same length as the old one?
It will probably be the same length. Your problem may be caused by an extractor that has insufficient grip or the ejected cartridge may be hitting something on the way out and dropping back into the port. Usually the ejection angle on the Mauser is low enough that this isn't a problem. Regards, Bill.
When I'm shooting from the bench, and not cycling the Mausers as they were designed for, I often have them left in the rifle. this is intentional on my part, as I don't care to chase my brass.
Does it do this when you cycle the bolt "with authority"?
Yes, even when cycled with authority. My brother gave me this rifle because he couldn't get it to eject the way he wanted, even after a trip to a smith. It is in an older B&C synthetic stock that is a classic style with a high comb. The bolt was hitting the comb on its backward travel, so I dug a channel in the comb that the bottom part of the bolt could ride in. I thought that would do the trick, but no luck.
I have a Santa Barbara 375 whnAI, and although it did eject otay to begin with, I exchanged it with a surplus Mauser ejector, which was about 3-32 inch longer. I can't vouch all Mauser surplus ejectors will be longer, but the one I used was. It fit right in with no problems. Ejection is excellent. ~~~Suluuq
OK, I took a closer look at things last night, and I think I still have an issue with the stock. Even though I Dremeled out a channel in the comb, there is enough play in the bolt that it still rides up and binds on the cheekside of the channel if I dont pull straight back. That stock is going to look like hell when I'm done hacking on it, but it wern't too purty ta start with.
