Benelli SBEII fail to eject issues cured

Chilly Willy

Chilly Willy

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After a frustrating couple years with my SBEII not functioning 100% of the time, I finally got to the problems (2). My first issue was the Ejector plate fin had worn severely....solution ordered new one from Brownell's. The Ejector Spring was also ordered for additional maintenance. The second issue was the Extractor Spring had become worn and no longer provided the optimal pressure required against the extractor to pull empties out reliably. So, new extractor spring, extractor claw and roll pin ordered from Brownell's as well. Total order fell inside the $100 limit no issues shipping to Canada. After shipping, the total price was $120 USD.

Installation of the ejector plate and spring is covered by YouTube.

The removal of the extractor is a little harder. The roll pin gets punched out from top to bottom and access to the pin is done on an angle from the top port on the rotating bolt head. Use a punch of the right size and tap the pin on a 45 degree angle down to start it out. Once out far enough to grab with plyers use those to pull it out the bottom the remaining length while holding your thumb over the extractor as it is spring loaded and will fly out once the pin is pulled. Clean out the extractor port well with solvent and reverse the process to install new spring and roll pin. For added assurance, I replaced the extractor claw too. DO NOT RE USE THE OLD ROLL PIN, ORDER A NEW ONE!!

I hope this will help out those of use that have extensively used our Benelli shotguns and have a wack of rounds down the pipe. Spring maintenance is critical when things start to fail.

Cheers

Chilly Willy
 
Round count really doesn’t matter because when the gun is in storage with the bolt closed, the spring is compressed which leads to the weakness over time. It really is a catch 22 because if you store with the bolt open, the recoil spring is compressed and will suffer. Just a maintenance point I guess
 
I thought being in compression basically had no effect on spring life. Is it not the repeated action of compression and extension that work hardens springs over time?
 
Chilly Willy said:
Round count really doesn’t matter because when the gun is in storage with the bolt closed, the spring is compressed which leads to the weakness over time. It really is a catch 22 because if you store with the bolt open, the recoil spring is compressed and will suffer. Just a maintenance point I guess
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I don’t want to put words in Stubble’s mouth, but he may have been asking how many rounds it takes to wear out the ejector? It normally takes a lot of shooting to wear that out.
 
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