Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Gunsmithing My nib Ruger 77/22 does not eject.

I really like the rifle, but it has an issue. I bought it a new Ruger clip yesterday and it is no different. It feeds from the magazines just fine. I have seen it eject, but only when there is the empty clip installed and never with a loaded clip and it doesn't eject all the time that way either. It will never eject with the clip removed. This rifle was in a collection and never used, so nothing is worn. Pulling the bolt back faster makes no difference. The cartridge just stays on the bolt face. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks.

If you have not already, you may want to google and see what's on Rimfire Central. They usually know their stuff over there.

Good luck!

I did that yesterday and is the reason that I bought the new clip. The clip face has something to do with the way the rifle ejects. I suspect the ejector spring got left out or is hung up. Before I even tried it for the first time it went in for a trigger rework with the Timney parts.

Without seeing it first hand and since it was in a collection and never shot, it could be that the ejector is gummed up and stuck. Take it out of the stock and give the ejector a few blasts with a spray solvent.

I had a brand new 77/17 with the same problem. The fixed standing ejector is part of the trigger guard assembly. On my rifle the tip of this ejector had been ground down too far (by the factory) and allowed the case rim to ride over it instead of being pushed off the bolt face. I think this may be your problem. Take a close look at this area as you extract a case. You may even find that pushing downwards on the front half of the bolt as you extract is enough for the ejector to engage properly with the rim.

In my case the shop swapped the rifle. In your case (if this is the cause), a small weld bead on the ejector tip and some filing to shape would be a solution.

Thanks, I’ll give that a try too. There is some play in the bolt and the Triggershims.com bolt shims came in yesterday and tightening up the bolt might help to engage that ejector too. That rimfire rim sure isn’t much to catch when the bolt is worked.

The Triggershims.com bolt shims may be your problem.

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What do you mean, I haven't put them in yet. It's not like they need to be a permanent addition. Reading here a while back they seemed like a good idea. I've squandered more than $10.00 on other things that didn't work out.

Sorry, I misread your post.. Interested in how the shims do turn out as I thought about a set for my 77/22 Hornet.

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Guns leaving the factory not working properly just doesn't seem right. Is it a conscious business decision that reducing quality control and fixing those that come back for repair is more cost effective, notwithstanding the potential effect on the reputation of said company?

Good point. I’m watching pabucktail’s shimming thread in the Rimfire section pretty closely. Lots of what we post here gets into Google searches. Firearms manufacturers don’t need bad press.

I bolt shimmed my Ruger 77/17. Can’t say that i made a difference in accuracy.

A 0.007" shim was the ticket for my 77/22. Was near sending it in for a Clark tune up and new barrel when I stumbled on the shim suggestion. A 0.004 had no effect, and a 0.010 was too much. Middle of the road was just right.

Windfall,

Did you buy a 77/22 mag or a 10/22 mag?

I bought a square bottom 77/22 magazine. I did try my curved bottom 10/22 magazine in the 77/22 to try too because that one works fine in my 10/22. I e-mailed Ruger yesterday to see what they say.

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