Ejector Problems?

[Dirk67]

Last week I went to the range with some bud and we put about 1.5 k rounds downrange. The action started to stick on the bolt of my sten mkII . Finally the bolt stuck with a live round. in the chamber (bolt did not go home all the way.) I had a hell of a time getting the bolt back. I attributed it to being extremely dirty. I disassembled the weapon, cleaned the weapon and put it away. I took the weapon out this week and the first round it jammed and the bolt would not come back. It appears that either the ejector "raised"up or bent sideways or the tube became slightly bent under ejector???? The bolt is striking the ejector with perhaps 1 cm left to close between it and the chamber. The strike area is high on the ejector within 1/2 to 1/3 cm away from top. It appears that I can file on the ejector and lower it a little but I am hesitant to do this. The gun has run fine for about 4k or so rounds without a hiccup other than mag issues. I would hate to screw up the ejector. The gun was not dropped and no reason I can think of for this problem. Two things to note most of the ammo has been steel cased and most of the rounds have been used in conjunction with a suppressor, if these two things make a difference. Also this problem started while the gun was running a mag out just fine. Could the gun have become over heated and warped in that area,( I think not but ...)

 

Thanks for any imput.

 

DAW

 

 

[froster]

I would remove the mag housing and if the area of the tube around the ejector is bent inward would punch it back out to the proper profile using punches through the ejector port. Use the punches on the tube around the ejector, not on it.

[Dirk67]

thanks Froster worked like a charm.

 

DAW