Interesting.Not necessarily, I some Super X that had over sized cases. Winchester bought it back from me.
There’s a “roughness” at the extractor groove, and a firing pin indent. No idea when this happened, this rifle has probably been sitting in a closet for 45 years and not shot in 50…In the next to last picture, are those indentations in the chamber directly opposite the extractor groove?
Agree the firing pin ding is a problem.
Also agree try some round nose instead of truncated cone.
Not had good luck with Winchester or Remington bulk .22... Had some Remington that the bullet was so loose it was a problem feeding in a bolt action.
Still looks dirty.
That chamber looks like it's been peened from dry firing. Probably where your issue resides.
That's cool! He would like that.It is much cleaner, and I can place rounds in far easier.
I’m leaving it like this:
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Cleaned it extensively after finishing the swaging and testing round chambering with dummy snap cap type rounds.
The last few inches of the barrel shows some pitting.
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As long as it is reasonably accurate at 25yd and doesn’t keyhole, I’m not going to worry much, it’s just for my kids to have fun shooting their great grandfather’s and grandfather’s rifle.
For sure. My FIL is super excited to take my oldest shooting!That's cool! He would like that.
It’s all clean as far as I can tell. I cleaned everything thoroughly with a brass brush.How does the inside of the chamber look? Sometimes when I have problems with rimfire ejection, I take a piece of bronze wool and remove any carbon build up in the chamber, then it ejects fine. It takes very little build up to cause ejection problems.
The ejector seems fine; the spring could be weak with age.I don't know if you've serviced the ejector but that's my guess on your root problem. It's just not grabbing and holding the empty with authority. So, possibly the ejector is bent, or the spring is worn, ejector teeth damaged, ejector not seated correctly. If not the ejector, maybe a headspace problem, meaning the chamber is problematic and holding too tightly on the casings, in this instance. Maybe small burrs holding the brass? Might just need to measure and really polish the headspacing.
@JHZR2 , I meant to write extractor, not ejector.The ejector seems fine; the spring could be weak with age.
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I did swage/ream the chamber a bit due to a bit of a bump from ages old dry firing. I erred on the side of not removing too much. Maybe that is the issue.
That could also be a sign of an incorrect extractor, not correctly mating to the round as it chambers.The thing that bothers me primarily is how when the action tries to chamber, it seems to push the round a bit crooked, effectively damaging the bullet (as well as making it loose in the brass), and kind of crooked.
Yeah, me too. Too late and doing work while posting…@JHZR2 , I meant to write extractor, not ejector.
Anyway, Numrich shows a different design for the extractor. I'm not a gunsmith, but you should confirm you have the right extractor. Someone previously might have put the wrong one in it. The picture looks different to me than what you have shown.
Okay but what I casually see, is the wrong extractor in that particular gun. I'm not familiar with that gun but from a cursory look, it has the wrong extractor based on the replacement part.Yeah, me too. Too late and doing work while posting…
That one does look slightly different, perhaps gets more purchase on the rim.
I’m going to try to swage the barrel a bit more first. See where it goes from there.
Then I’ll replace a bunch of springs and items. I don’t want to the parts at it if I can avoid it. The rifle seems original, and despite its issues, is quite accurate it seems.