tiojonboy

Im working on it... i recently got a new laptop that has windows 11. on windows ten i used take a photo, usb phone to laptop select download pictures...clik, done. in my Images. clik on image, attach to email or whatsapp. clik done now i have to do a bunch more steps. no tuition, no intuitive process. opening new files, naming , dragging and dropping. the old'if it ain't broke why fix it'....

hey tightchoke just read the replies again and your remark seems possible extractor v ejector. didn't know there was a difference. makes sense. an yes, down south, well said, but ten beer tokens and another ten on acetone, wax, hours making a new stock from a block of probably iroko or sapele ... if it does finally work then i'm in pocket and watch out you irritating collar doves , im coming ( no wood pigeons here ) four and twenty pink birds baked in a pie.

no its just a rumour The Man said believe nothing that you hear and only half of what you see

thanks snarepeg, all the other replies made me chuckle but yours is a good idea, keep it coming

Also, the ejector works fine with no cartridge, but when I put in a cartridge, used or charged and close and open the breech the ejector claw pulls the cartridge out about 3 or 4 mm but doesn't 'eject' it . I still have to persuade it out with finger and thumb or suitable jemmy, small screw driver or whatever. not difficult , not jammed in there, just not flying out like my 12 bore. Again, a spring strength Issue?

I'm just coming to the final stages of a restoration job of an old rusty basket case i found in a street flea market. No stock at all, but nice forend walnut grip. no maker's name, no serial number, .410 hammer, single action , ejector,...nothing moved at first, locked solid. but after a bath of acetone and ATF finally got it to bits..... fast forward to testing . 2 inch cartridge, Here We Go! its clamped in a workmate, tied to a tree, with a couple of metres of string to the trigger. nada, nothing.. the firing pin is hitting not absolutely dead centre, and not with much force maybe. The copper button of the primer is 4mm diameter and the firing pin dent is off -centre about 1.5 mm and is about 1mm diameter, therfore sits just on the edge of the button, almost at the edge of the cap but still inside the circle. looks a bit like a spent 22 lr rimfire case. I strenthened the strike force of the hammer by preloading the spring, but it still hits offcentre. Is that the issue? Whaddya think?

thanx for the welcomes !

.....except its hammering down right now, the first real rain in months. However it means I' m inside now, researching a couple of gunsmithing problems, when i came upon this site through some links from .410 sites i'll post my questions soon in the appropriate forum, Have a good 2025 everypeep.