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L39 Ejector Screw
My L39 seems to be a bit poor at ejecting empty cases. With the ejector screw being the forward attachment for the PH5C sight, should it have a slightly longer screw fitted? Feed from the 7.62 magazine and extraction are fine, but it rarely clears the rifle on ejection. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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10-28-2019 09:41 AM
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Will not make any difference , The L39 was a single loader or if fitted with a Enfield 308 mag. the ejector was part of the Mag, body. If you have a Sterling mag. body it did not have the ejector built into the magazine. The Sterling conversion relies on a auxiliary ejector screwed to side of the action . The fired round will clear the action better if you work the bolt to the rear smartly not slowly .
Last edited by tr63; 10-28-2019 at 10:31 AM.
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A new extractor spring will also help.
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The rifle has the 308 magazine fitted and i think i may already have a replacement extractor. Thanks for the advice.
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Originally Posted by
Merlin266
The rifle has the 308 magazine fitted and i think i may already have a replacement extractor. Thanks for the advice.
But - is it an Enfield magazine or a Stirling magazine ?
As stated above - it will only eject correctly with the Enfield magazine, the Stirling magazine does not have the built-in ejector and requires an 'accessory' to be mounted on the action.
This L39 / L42 Parts manual may be of interest.
Last edited by Alan de Enfield; 10-29-2019 at 07:12 AM.
Mine are not the best, but they are not too bad. I can think of lots of Enfields I'd rather have but instead of constantly striving for more, sometimes it's good to be satisfied with what one has...
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Feeble ejection is often a function of a weak extractor spring.
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