[Arcli9ht]

*BLAM* I work the action back, the shell gets stuck in the ejection port... it doesnt always fly out like it should. I have to pick it out, then I can close the action on a new shell.

It was over the period of 100 shells, some with problems, others without. I didn't check to see if it still had the problem on the last shell in the gun (although I should have).

I meticulously clean my weapons, I don't treat them badly. Has anyone else run into this kind of trouble with the mossberg 500? Is it an easily replaced ejector problem?

I was using light target loads, nitro something hunting loads, and 3" turkey loads. Problems with all 3.

/Arcli9ht

[ahadams]

are they all plastic hulls? I know this sounds stupid but humor me here. also were any of them stored in humid (i.e. above 40% humidity) and thus likely to swell.

[HSMITH]

You would always happen to be shucking said beasitie of a shotgun like you borrowed it from your brother-in-law too right? FIRM without getting nasty, FIRM to the hard physical stop at both ends of the stroke?

[Arcli9ht]

Yes, they were plastic shells, stored in my attic (dry as bones)

I wasn't weak stroking the action. Firmly back towards the reciever until it stops. I am thinking more and more that it is just a weak extractor, or maybe the spring is somehow gunked up. (as of yet, I havent completely dismantled the bolt to get at the firing pin, just soaked it in solutions)

/Arcli9ht

[Andrew Wyatt]

check and make sure the ejector didn't just kick the hulls forward off both extractors.


also check to make sure the ejector is full size and in good condition.

[Sylvilagus Aquaticus]

yeah, what they said....

and check the extractor for crud built up in the lip/hook/sharp pointy thingie that grabs the rim of the shell. If it's worn down, replace it. They're cheap enough to replace. What's the value of a follow-up shot to you? You might even consider taking it to a gunsmith you trust.

Regards,

Rabbit.

The American approach to war has always been that war and peace are discrete elements of policy: that you fight a war, you defeat your enemy, and then you make peace and live happily ever after. - Henry Kissenger, The Washington Quarterly. January, 1978.