Poor ejection on Henry Big Boy 45 colt

[roseau river rat]

so just curious if anyone has encountered this on their Big Boy

i just recently purchased one in 45 colt

shoots very well and loads rounds well but unless you operate the lever really vigorously it doesn't eject the spent brass very well, barely drops them out and sometimes not at all.

oddly enough it ejects live rounds very well

what can i do to improve the ejection of brass ideas ??

thanks

 

[kawicrash]

My dad taught me when using a lever or pump to work the action smartly, don't be shy.

 

[smokinbarrel]

They all seem to be that way. I have one in 357 and one in 45 Colt both are wimpy on ejection. They have the Marlin copy ejector that should work better than it does. Possibly if the spring on extractor was stronger it would help, I just flip lever smartly. The Henry Big Boys are pretty good for their price point but there's certainly room for improvement. The barrels are stupid heavy in the smaller calibers. The action only really suits a 45Colt, smaller calibers are like a marble in a drain pipe, they put in a spacer to take up space. I'd like to see them with more well purportioned dimensions, a rifle style butt plate and a fore end cap. They call them brass, but it is actually an aluminum bronze alloy that is much stronger than brass.

 

[fingers284]

The .45 colt has a significantly smaller rim-to-cartridge body dia difference than most other rimmed cartridges and the extractor his a much smaller purchase grip. If the extractor spring is the least bit weak, when you retract the bolt slowly the extractor releases the empty without the force to chuck it, it can just roll back into the ejection port. Stretching the spring may solve the issue but just being more forceful on lever action as others have suggested is in order...your going to have to look harder for your brass is all.