broomhandle
12-19-2009, 01:36 AM
Hi Guys ,
Bought a Indian 2A1 rifle from a collector pal, he never shot it in the 10-12 years he had it.
I cleaned the rifle up & the barrel looks like new. I soon discovered that ejection was iffy!:confused:
I took the rifle to a local Enfield collector & we compared my rifle to his 2A1. We discovered that the Ejector was one from a 303 (rimmed)! I send to the correct one. I fit it (that spring is STRONG!) I try the ejection with a few dummys. It works well!
Now the problem?? Or is it? I don't want to fix some thing that is not broken!:???:
I go to close the bolt & release the firing pin. The bolt will not go into battery! It looks like the ejector with the spring force behind it, will not allow the bolt to seat properly. On his rifle the bolt will close, but the spring force is weaker.
I cleaned the extractor cut & there is no junk in it.
I see my options - file or grind the extractor a bit keeping the all the shapes in tact
( my worry is that the hook will get short (weak & snap) & not extract the cases again)
Or try to file the extractor slot a tad deeper. I have not had a chance to ink up the parts to see what is hitting yet.
As I said with a case in the chamber it work OK!
I cannot see how it is hanging up at this time & really don't want to fight with the spring again for a fitting with out the spring in place. This might be normal for this rifle like the oddites Japanese rifles have.
Thanks for any help moving slowly on this problem,
broomhandle
Bought a Indian 2A1 rifle from a collector pal, he never shot it in the 10-12 years he had it.
I cleaned the rifle up & the barrel looks like new. I soon discovered that ejection was iffy!:confused:
I took the rifle to a local Enfield collector & we compared my rifle to his 2A1. We discovered that the Ejector was one from a 303 (rimmed)! I send to the correct one. I fit it (that spring is STRONG!) I try the ejection with a few dummys. It works well!
Now the problem?? Or is it? I don't want to fix some thing that is not broken!:???:
I go to close the bolt & release the firing pin. The bolt will not go into battery! It looks like the ejector with the spring force behind it, will not allow the bolt to seat properly. On his rifle the bolt will close, but the spring force is weaker.
I cleaned the extractor cut & there is no junk in it.
I see my options - file or grind the extractor a bit keeping the all the shapes in tact
( my worry is that the hook will get short (weak & snap) & not extract the cases again)
Or try to file the extractor slot a tad deeper. I have not had a chance to ink up the parts to see what is hitting yet.
As I said with a case in the chamber it work OK!
I cannot see how it is hanging up at this time & really don't want to fight with the spring again for a fitting with out the spring in place. This might be normal for this rifle like the oddites Japanese rifles have.
Thanks for any help moving slowly on this problem,
broomhandle