Re: My new Ugly .357 R92
Posted: 13 Oct 2021 07:16
Might be the place the collar wants to live tho.
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Reese-Mo wrote:Did you fiddly-futz with the ejector spring? That would explain things.
In the Rossi bolt, or at least _my_ Rossi bolt, the ejector spring collar and shaft on the ejector itself have a very casual relationship. The collar which should be captured on the the pinned-in arm in the bolt.... doesn't really want to stay there. In my Winchester (Miroku) the fit it solid, and the arm captures the collar perfectly, not letting it slip loose. However... in _my_ Rossi, the collar will slip off after (or sometimes during) assembly, and then it will rest on the pin that connects the lever to the bolt.
I know at least some Rossi rifles have a good, or better fit of those parts. That is evidenced from online video that shows the lever being removed from the action, after driving out the pin. And then reinserted without having to mess with the bolt at all. The only way that could happen is if the collar stayed in place.
What's this all mean? It means that if the collar has "slipped" then there is less ejector spring tension. That accounts for empties falling closer.
The ejector on the 92's (all of 'em) is an interesting affair. It works in conjunction with the top of the chamber, and really, the speed of lever manipulation as well.
Play this in slow motion and you'll see
That's the best '92 workings explanation I''ve ever seen.
As for the last round not ejecting... that's weird, unless the ejector spring has been fiddly-futz'd with, and the collar has slipped off. Ideally, with the collar in whatever place it wants to be (it works fine against the pin, just has less tension), the ejection process should eject UNFIRED cartridges with heavy bullets. Since a lot of folks don't have 180 or 200 g .357's laying about, I'd speculate that snappy ejection of 158's is the order of the day.