Originally Posted by
uncle matt
BigJ I don't know if I worded it wrong in my post but we did not think the chamber was too tight - we knew the ejector was protruding too far into the chamber. The ejector grabbed the rim of the shell just fine at the edge. The problem was the roughly 1/4" up front of the edge. It was literally putting a dent, an indentation or "crimp" into the brass.
It was cleaned before we went shooting and I sprayed almost a whole can of cleaner thru the ejector area and it didn't make a difference.
I polished up the ejectors on my USHs and they really pop the shells out far. I was going to put the BB in front of the spring but the polishing alone is good enough IMO.
Ahh.....gotcha.
Yep that sounds like a completely different bag of worms although it's probably related to the rough machining of the ejector. Sounds like yours wasn't quite milled to the proper proportions.
Yep, when I polished the ejector (and cleaned all the crap out of the ejector slot) it made a world of difference with how the shells ejected.
Hope it all works out for your nephew.
I also agree on a fixed 4 power scope. I have a Nikon 4x on mine and it's the perfect balance between clear full view super close shots and enough magnification for shots out to about the effective range of the gun.