Enfield mag problem

[ShaveTail]

Gentlemen, I thank you very much for your assistance. I have decided in the end to do something I've never done with a C&R gun before: I'm sending the bastard back. The seller from AuctionArms is willing to accept it back so I'm bowing out of this one as gracefully as possible. A pity, as it is a nice looking weapon, but hows the saying go? Looks ain't everything.

[tower06]

I've got 2 Ishy's. The Screws on both are cut flush with the inside of the receiver. Everything I have ever read is that the catridges are ejected by way of the mag lips. I have the same ejection problem with my rifle, but have not had time to toy with the mag to see if I can remedy it. I am sure someone out there has seen and fixed a similar problem, and can offer some insight. Any armorers on the boards who worked on these?

[jmoore]

Well, phooey, now y'all are going to make me go out and shoot some to see if I can induce dramas! I must have gotten all "good" mags. They don't get exercised much any more 'cuz they're 3-4 MOA rifles regardless of the ammo tried. They were good for CQB fast bolt work due to their reliability (at speed). I'll try some "gentle" target work and see what's going on.

Give me a week- or better yet, if you're interested, renew this thread Wednesday night. That way maybe I'll remember better!

[Brian Dick]

A proper 7.62 extractor and new extractor spring will cure it as well as possible as I said before.

[ShaveTail]

For the hell of it I loaded the same shells into my stock Spanish Mauser. They hit the far wall of the room with enough force to leave marks. I keep reading here and elsewhere about the mag being the eject point, but I can't see how it could ever get that kind of force off the lip of a mag.

And the ejector spring would be a royal bitch to remove, provided that parts for a 2a could even be found. Coupled with a major crack I found in front of the triggerguard in the forestock and the rifle becomes a wall-hanger, not a project gun. No more Ishapores for me.

[jmoore]

Dry ran one today- not one of mine! Worked fine. If the next shell to feed was on the RH side the empty ejected off the LH mag lip fairly vigorously. W/ the next shell on the LH side, the empty ejected somewhat less forcefully, and often before the shallow notch in the left raceway. Still worked unless the action was operated quite slowly.

I'm guessing that, as per Brian Dick, that the extractor was from a .303.

[Brian Dick]

The extractor springs are the same as the SMLE and easy to get. I'm always amazed at all the advice people give as to how to install them using dental floss and everything else under the sun! I'll admit that a good extractor spring is quite stiff but I've removed and installed hundreds over the years and never had a problem.

[jmoore]

Tried some more- some rifles tend to use the LH mag lip as an ejector, others not.

All ejected empties fine.

Some did not like to eject LOADED rounds if the next round was on the left side of the mag.

Most will feed empty cases, no real practical value, but its something many rifles won't begin to do reliably.