I'm having a problem with the ejector on my Citori combo, and I'm hoping someone on this forum has confronted and solved the same problem.
What is happening is that the hammer-like lever in the fore-end iron that actuates the ejector won't stay cocked. As a result, when I open the gun after firing a shell, the ejector slides up slowly and presents the shell, but there is no rapid firing of the ejector, and the shell just sits there.
What I think is happening is that the little locking spur that holds the ejector hammer in the cocked position isn't locking, but I can't figure out why. If I manually push the hammer back, the ejector will lock and perform normally. Once. Then it goes back to its old non-functioning ways.
I have tried the following, without success:
(i) change barrels from the unsingle to the double barrel set
(ii) remove the fore-end iron from the fore-end wood and thoroughly clean and lube all moving parts
(iii) remove the receiver from the stock and thoroughly clean and oil everything, particularly the two little rods that protrude at times from the curved part of the front of the receiver.
Has anyone run into this? Any ideas?
Thanks.
Ted K.
What is happening is that the hammer-like lever in the fore-end iron that actuates the ejector won't stay cocked. As a result, when I open the gun after firing a shell, the ejector slides up slowly and presents the shell, but there is no rapid firing of the ejector, and the shell just sits there.
What I think is happening is that the little locking spur that holds the ejector hammer in the cocked position isn't locking, but I can't figure out why. If I manually push the hammer back, the ejector will lock and perform normally. Once. Then it goes back to its old non-functioning ways.
I have tried the following, without success:
(i) change barrels from the unsingle to the double barrel set
(ii) remove the fore-end iron from the fore-end wood and thoroughly clean and lube all moving parts
(iii) remove the receiver from the stock and thoroughly clean and oil everything, particularly the two little rods that protrude at times from the curved part of the front of the receiver.
Has anyone run into this? Any ideas?
Thanks.
Ted K.