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Offline Tallwalker

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'06 followed me home..
« on: August 19, 2009, 04:32:14 PM »
Well, I stopped by the gun shop that I mentioned had the '06 Handi for a good price, and it was still there so it followed me home. I took it to the range today for a quick try out, and it seems to shoot pretty good with some loads. The ejector doesn't eject very well though, and I suspect that is why it got traded in in such good shape. I did take a look in the FAQ's though, and I'll take it apart, and polish things up. I may try the BB that Tim suggests too. It doesn't hang up much, and I think I can get it working OK. It will be fun to work on at any rate. Needs a little trigger tweaking too, but my 30-30 came out OK, so I'll have no problems with that. Dimensionally, the gun seems pretty good, and fired cases look good.

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Re: '06 followed me home..
« Reply #1 on: August 19, 2009, 04:34:07 PM »
That's great, congrats!!  ;)

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Re: '06 followed me home..
« Reply #2 on: August 19, 2009, 04:38:54 PM »
Enjoy it! Just be careful what type of "snacks" you take into those gunshops!
You never know what might follow you home the next time. ;D ;D
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Re: '06 followed me home..
« Reply #3 on: August 20, 2009, 08:19:23 AM »
My '06 stainless did that every few rounds.  I'd "fix" it and it would be fine for a while and then do it again.  At the time, it was my only ejector.  I had it converted to extractor and that ended the problem.  I have a .44 Magnum ejector that is out right now for conversion to extractor, and that will be the end of my ejectors.  I just don't want to have to worry that it won't eject when I need it to, and I hate scratching around in weeds and snow looking for cases.  Running back to the shop to get a cleaning rod if you're shooting off the bench is one thing.  Hunting with a sticking ejector is another.  They ought to build ejector barrels the same as the Huntsman with a rod under the barrel ;D ;D ;D

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Re: '06 followed me home..
« Reply #4 on: August 20, 2009, 02:29:07 PM »
Well, I worked on the ejector today along with the trigger. I got the trigger nice, and crisp, but it's still a little heavy. The ejector seems to work better, but I won't be sure until I try it with loaded rounds. It seems to me that the best would be a combination. The ejector guns could use just a little cam like the extractor guns have, and then the spring to pop the rounds out. Are you going to prototype one for us Tim?  :D  :D It would only take a few thousandths of movement to get the case started.

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Re: '06 followed me home..
« Reply #5 on: August 20, 2009, 02:35:08 PM »
You need to spend some more time in the FAQs, been there, done that over a year ago, that's my favorite conversion, I've done several that way using the ejector claw and an extractor cam with a short spring to take up the space, they are more pics in the recent thread an the mini-mill titled "New Toy".!!  ;D

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