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Single action question....

EhlerDaveEhlerDave Member Posts: 5,158 ✭✭
edited December 2010 in Ask the Experts
On a Ruger Super Blackhawk and all other SA's I have messed with, why is it the ejector rod is to short to push the brass all the way out of the cylinder? Do they have a reason for making the rod just a tad bit to short?

Thanks for any info or even whacky ideas. [:)]
Just smile and say nothing, let them guess how much you know.
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  • EVILDR235EVILDR235 Member Posts: 4,398 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I don't know why them make them short.I just shorten the base pins on mine so the ejector rod has more travel.

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  • perry shooterperry shooter Member Posts: 17,105 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Most of the time it has to do with limited space The ejector rod and housing has to be removable as well as it starts in front of the frame and then must travel past the front of the Cylinder into the chamber and then contact the rear web /head of the case and then still move the case back .most likely this does not leave enough travel. Most gun makers only make ONE length rod and housing andthis is one that will work on shortest factory barrel . You could make a lomger housing and mount it closer to the muzzle end of the longer barrel to give more travel and then you would move the case far enough to clear .Or you can use 38 Short Colt in a 38 special /357 Mag pistol and then the cases WILL clear same thing with 44 Russian in a 44 Mag cylinder. Just a thought.
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  • gunnut505gunnut505 Member Posts: 10,290 ✭
    edited November -1
    I'm no David Carradine, but Old West Tech answered this one a few years back; seems when you're in the stress of a serious social encounter, you'd like to only reload those chambers (skipped or not) that need filling. The theory went that the rod only pushes out the empties if slapped and held barrel-down, and the as-yet unused shells would simply drop back in under the weight of the slugs.

    Personally; swing-out cylinders, barrel up, speedloader. SAAs are for Sportsmen!
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  • hrfhrf Member Posts: 857 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by gunnut505
    I'm no David Carradine, but Old West Tech answered this one a few years back; seems when you're in the stress of a serious social encounter, you'd like to only reload those chambers (skipped or not) that need filling. The theory went that the rod only pushes out the empties if slapped and held barrel-down, and the as-yet unused shells would simply drop back in under the weight of the slugs.

    ?? - I don't follow the logic here, as only the round aligned with the loading port is "free" and the other five are still behind the recoil shield. And if a loaded round was aligned with the ejector rod, there would be earlier contact with the rod and it would be ejected.
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