problems with my NEF

[fslflint]

I have a New England Firearms handi-rifle in .243 and love it. as of late it has stopped ejecting the spent cartriges. the problem started about 60 rounds ago with one certain brand of brass. this brass had been reputed to not eject very well so I just took the rifle apart and manually pulled the caseing. no big deal. I thought that the chamber might be getting really dirty for some reason so I cleaned it. and while I was at it I gave the gun a real good cleaning and oiling. since I was inside the house I put an empty caseing in and it ejected it fine. I thought the problem was fixed. well, I took it to the range to zero in the new scope. I had bought some cheap ammo (hotshot) at a gun show to sight it in with and teach a friend how to shoot. the first round out of the box seemed to kick quite a bit extra. I opened up the action and it didn't eject. so I pulled it manually. the case was cracked and I guessed that it was double charged because of the extra recoil. so I moved onto the good ammo, guessing that it would eject the regular shells. it wouldn't and now I am pondering sending it back to the factory to get it checked. before I do that does anyone have any suggestions?

 

[Selfdfenz]

I seem to remember reading about this on the H&R forum.
http://www.hr1871.com
Polk around over there and see what they say.
There are some nice folks over there, just like THR.
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[Selfdfenz]

I just tried my link and I don't see the forums page anymore.
They may have axed it.

Let me see what else I can find.
I know I read about sticky cases in Handis some place.
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[fslflint]

that was the original plan. but the marlin and the h&r boards have both been shut down for some reason. I was a poster at the h&r board for a while. I was hopeing someone here had experience with the handi-rifles.

 

[Vick]

The old forum was shut down by Marlin for secret squirl reasons. Try this link. A lot of the old posters hang out there now.

http://www.graybeardoutdoors.com/phpbb2/viewforum.php?f=126

 

[RAMMUNITION]

Try this
http://www.marlinowners.com/board/

 

[Chainsaw]

Some of the rimless cartridge versions of the NEF rifles indeed have problems with ejection of spent cases. Some can be fixed with a stiffer spring on the extractor per se. Others have been fixed by polishing the chamber, others have been fixed by sending them back to factory for headspace work. Still others just can't seem to oversome this problem completely, and this is the reason I jettisoned my .308 and 30-06.

I still own my two 30-30's as the rimmed version of the Handi's has a different extractor in a "quarter moon" type that grabs the rim and forces the cartridge straight out unlike the rimless extractor that has to move slightly up and grab the edge of the rim and hopefully all goes well and the spent case comes out. My one 30-30 has over two thousand rounds shot thru it with no problems, the other a pre-bancruptcy H&R slim line barrel version has probably 500 rounds thru it with no problems.

That being said some owners report never having a problem with their rimless cartridge version.