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I have a Colt Commander that has always been reliable, never failing to feed or eject. However, the ejection pattern has always driven me nuts, especially since I started reloading. This gun tends to want to throw empties either straight up and slightly forward, or forward and right (2 o'clock). Basically, all my brass ends up on the range and I can't recover it.
I've tweaked extractor tension, no apparent change.
Today, I decided to throw caution to the wind and break out the file. The ejector nose profile on the stock Colt Commander ejector has the "point" at the top 1/3rd of the ejector face. I first tried to move this contact point down a bit. Went to the range, with the file, and checked ejection. No real change, maybe the case spun a little less on the way out, but still not back over my right shoulder. Ok, file a little more, bring the contact point down some more, add a little more angle back and to the right, looking at the nose from the top. No big change, maybe less forward but still about 2:30 o'clock or so. Next, I tried just making a vertical, flat nose, no angles. No big change.
So I'm stumped. Am I wasting my time on the ejector nose? Is there something else going on here? Or is it just my lack of skill :biglaugh:
I've tweaked extractor tension, no apparent change.
Today, I decided to throw caution to the wind and break out the file. The ejector nose profile on the stock Colt Commander ejector has the "point" at the top 1/3rd of the ejector face. I first tried to move this contact point down a bit. Went to the range, with the file, and checked ejection. No real change, maybe the case spun a little less on the way out, but still not back over my right shoulder. Ok, file a little more, bring the contact point down some more, add a little more angle back and to the right, looking at the nose from the top. No big change, maybe less forward but still about 2:30 o'clock or so. Next, I tried just making a vertical, flat nose, no angles. No big change.
So I'm stumped. Am I wasting my time on the ejector nose? Is there something else going on here? Or is it just my lack of skill :biglaugh: