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    1917 ejector

    I posted on the other forum about my broken ejector and was given very good advise on how to fix it with a coil spring. Didn't get around to do that yet, I have no dremel tool. But I did find a vender at Louisville NGD show who had "E" marked replacements for $15 each. Got two, one to repair the rifle and one for a spare. Replaced it when I got home and it went in easy, now the brass flies out! I'm still gonna play with the broken piece and see how that works.
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    Good luck, here is GPC's photo of the replacements that they sell.
    Gives you a real good idea of what the "modified" spring looks like
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    I did one years ago with a ball point pin spring works fine to this day.

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    Funny, I did the same and with the SAME spring!
    Wonder why The factory didn't think of that???

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    Maybe because there were no ball pens in 1917. Seriously, that kind of practice was common in those days, using flat springs and some that were made as part of another part. The Britishicon used the technique a lot and prided themselves on flat springs that never broke. (For the most part, they were right; they were superb craftsmen.) Of course the U.S. M1917 carried the technique over since they wanted to change things as little as possible in trying to get guns into the hands of the troops.

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