Brownells Gunsmith Tech Corner - May 2008
Question: The ejector in my Savage 110 (30/06) is not functioning. It’s stuck about 1/16 of an inch below the bolt face. I lubricated the ejector with Kroil, removed the retaining pin and tried to get it out by tapping the bolt face smartly against a wood block. Nothing! I considered replacing the entire bolt head but found that it is of the older (pre-1999) large hole (.150) type. I can’t locate an older style bolt head. Any ideas about either removing the extractor or finding a replacement bolt head?
Answer: Normally the ejector will stick because of a collapsed spring or a burr around the mouth of the hole it resides in. If you can push the ejector in farther and it springs back there is most likely a burr in the hole that will need to be removed with a file. A small round file will usually free things up. If the thing is rusted in place you may need to let it soak for a week or two to coax it out. If all else fails, you may be able to find the older style bolt head at
www.e-gunparts.com.
-- Steve Ostrem, Brownells Gun Tech
Question: I recently ordered a can of matte Ruger gray
Aluma-Hyde II and plan to use it to refinish a Thompson Center Encore and I believe the Ruger gray will look great with the realtree hardwoods stock when finished. I was wondering if you could give me some pointers for keeping the finish out of areas where it is not wanted. One area that I know that I will need to keep it out of is the chamber and the inside of the barrel. I watched the instructional video clip that was on the page with the Aluma-hyde II and it was very helpful and any other tips that you could give would be greatly appreciated.
Answer: You can simply insert and empty case in the chamber and if you have any bullets laying around you can insert them into the bore and remove them after coating. Otherwise just get some inexpensive bore plugs and plug the bore before spraying. Your extractor should also be of concern but for the areas you can't mask you can use a swab and
TCE to remove the coating before it cures.
-- Monty Crain, Brownells Gun Tech
Question: I will be installing a
(#365-509-100) in a Remington Sparta sp310 over & under. Could you please tell me any useful info for doing this correctly?
Answer: If it will fit your existing stock bolt hole, use it. If it does not fit the factory hole you will have to drill a new hole using the correct diameter drill bit. If you go too deep, use a piece of heater hose cut to length to fill the extra depth. You want to make sure that it fits tightly in the hole (you can use tape wrapped around the reducer to keep it tight in the hole) as well as make sure that it does not move for and aft in the stock as well.
-- Mark Hudson, Brownells Gun Tech