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Hello All, I have a remington 722 that the extractor wore out on awhile back and rather than try and find a new one I had a local smith install a Sako style extractor. Lately I have been experiencing weak ejection with this rifle and I am wondering if it is the extractor sitting too high or a weak ejector spring.



Here are a couple of pics of where the extractor is riding in relation the the bolt face.


This shows the amount camber(?) of a round in relation to the fully extended ejector with the rim of the cartridge engaged with the extractor.


Here is the round being pulled over to fully compress the ejector.

My impression is the the extractor should be holding the cartridge closer to the bolt face allowing better performance from the ejector. The ejector spring could also be the problem as it's relatively easy to compress. It is a 70 year old rifle so a weakend spring is certainly a possibility.