Stoopit question about remington model 30's

[mike16]

Stoopit question about the Remington Model 30's

Remington continued to make a commercial version of the M1917 after WWI...Right? for almost 20 more years ...Right?

How did they resolve the issue of the cronnickly weak /broken ejector spring?

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[jmoore]

They didn't! Not a huge issue really. (At least w/in the expected service kife of the rifle...40+ years later, long after production ceased, then it became a concern but not to Remington!))

[jamie5070]

Does anyone have an idea when someone came up with the coil spring modification for the ejector springs?
john

[mike16]

but it was a concern during WWI...during the period of time all three were building the rifles. It continued to be a problem with those models issued to Mexico and the Phillipeans between the wars and clearly continued to be a problem from 1939 to 1945....according to Ferris's book.

My question remains what did Remington do after the war during the commercial life of this rifle to resolve the issue of the broken ejector?

[jmoore]

I'll have to refer to my Otteson's book, "The Bolt Action", to be sure, but I don't think Remington changed that feature. No Model 30s around at the moment to do a hands on check, sorry!

[us019255]

Does anyone have an idea when someone came up with the coil spring modification for the ejector springs?

Probably a long time ago and many times. I am a retired engineer, but not a genius. When the ejector on my first M1917 broke, I looked over the situation and silver soldered a coil spring on the broken part to fix. It was a few years later I noticed that Numrick was selling same.

[jamie5070]

I bought a couple from Numrick as well. I picked up a couple winchester, (lend-lease ) cai imported rifles that them.
john