peckerwood
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- PalePony, Yukon
Are there any pistols out there that use positive ejectors rather than fixed ejectors? The spring loaded kind that you usually find in rifles.
Why is the rotating bolt necessary?
If the rotation had something to do with the ejection then why is it that the gun still ejects when you draw the bolt or carrier back slowly.
I am thinking that one of the reasons they don't use one is simply because fixed ejectors work just fine.
The AK and SKS both use fixed ejectors...so rotation has nothing to do with it either. Maybe the positive ejection is more reliable for most actions due to lack of rearward recoil and gas pressure to reliably direct the action with enough force to get a clean strike on the back of the casing by those guns that use fixed ejectors?
For pistols I would guess that the recoil springs might not be strong enough to keep the action solidly closed due to the extra spring pressure of a positive ejector. The Desert Eagle being the exception due to rotating bolt head that locks closed under forward inertia while cycling.



























