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Irish Blonde
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Posted: December 11 2025 at 6:05am |
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1. Probably replace the extractor spring anyway. It's the only thing that can change.
2. I'm also suspecting the receiver might have been cut with too shallow an indent. Prior to the scope mounting, with the stock ejector, that ejector might have been the only reason it ejected to begin with. Way easier to troubleshoot number one. lol
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Shamu
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Posted: December 11 2025 at 11:53am |
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Again Ejectors don't eject fired cases, the rim should clear & flip free before coming that far back even. There are many riffles that don't even HAVE one fitted & they work. I'd suggest the spring & check for chipped of blocked with crud extractor hook & the cut in the rear right of the breech it rides in as well, but with extraction being good its a second choice. If you're concerned with rim dimensions I can mail you a few fired Mil Spec ones to check it out. |
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Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force)
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DisasterDog
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Posted: December 11 2025 at 12:44pm |
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If it’s flipping a spent case completely around, 180 degrees, then the extractor is working. Sounds like the scope mount is impeding the angle of ejection. If it worked fine before the scope mount was installed, that seems the most likely culprit.
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Irish Blonde
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Posted: December 11 2025 at 1:19pm |
As you can imagine. I have watched many times the brass moving rearward and not touching anything on the scope mount. I would have had this mystery solved long ago should this be the case. The path for the brass is same as any non scope mount Enfield and unobstructed. This is driving me nuts. I'll take a video and see if that can load up here on the site from Youtube.
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Irish Blonde
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Posted: December 14 2025 at 5:14pm |
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Took the scope mount off. They barely make it out of the action. Somehow a slight improvement.
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Posted: December 14 2025 at 7:54pm |
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Well, try replacing the extractor spring. Sounds like it’s working, but barely so.
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Irish Blonde
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Posted: December 15 2025 at 4:41am |
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That's the next step. Weird how it's already failed with such low round count as opposed to what these battle rifles typically see/saw. That's Murphy though! LOL
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britrifles
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Posted: December 15 2025 at 6:19am |
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I've also tried bending the spring to open it up some and that helped. If you have a spare, try replacing it. That has always worked for me.
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Posted: December 15 2025 at 6:58am |
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As an aside, I appreciate the info on the differences between the different case manufacturers. |
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Posted: December 15 2025 at 9:23am |
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MidwayUSA sells reproductions of the ejector spring from Wolff. I picked up one for my No1 MK3 about 2 weeks ago. It looks like they are now currently out of stock on those as well as the ones for the No4/No5 rifles. Numrich seems to have them in stock though. Best, |
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Posted: December 15 2025 at 9:28am |
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Try going to a different magazine and see if that makes a differance.
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Irish Blonde
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Posted: December 15 2025 at 9:31am |
I just have the serialized one.
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Posted: December 15 2025 at 12:32pm |
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The cases will be delayed slightly due to the snow here, sorry.
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Posted: December 15 2025 at 12:59pm |
No worries! I'm bout to head off on a hog eradication trip anyway. I did bend the extractor spring to give more force. They all are clearing the action a bit better. Bouncing to the 1:30-2:00 position from muzzle, but still not slinging out the way. More blooping out the side. I hope it's enough as I'm taking it with me to canyon stalk some hogs. Close range shooting with the irons! (Leaving scope mount off, I got plenty of precision rigs)
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Posted: December 15 2025 at 2:54pm |
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Good luck!
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Posted: December 15 2025 at 4:39pm |
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The Lee Enfield will never throw the empty cases out like the 03 and M1 do which have a dedicated ejector and ejector spring. If the case clears the action, it’s working per design. The bolt has to be operated fairly rapidly too, a slow bolt movement will not give good ejection.
If you still have problems, replace the extractor spring. |
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