Savage 111 broken ejector?

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Took my savage 111 30-06 out today. Right off the hop it wouldn't eject spent cases. This is the first time I've shot this rifle since getting it on a trade several months ago. I've since seen the other party trade the rifle I traded him, on for something else. And after so long, I don't feel right about putting it on him in any way.
So I came home, and got googling. Consensus was either an excessively dirty bolt, or broken ejector/ejector spring. Since the ejector wasn't doing anything, just sitting there, the latter was my guess.
I watched a youtube video a half dozen times on how to do it, and off I went, playing along.
Got the bolt all apart (and it was a bit dirty, but not too bad).
Got to the part where I had to drive out the pin that keeps the ejector and spring in place. I put the boltface into a ziplock so as not to lose any parts when it went "sproing."
I drove the pin out and....nothing happened.
The ejector sits flush with the bolt face. Tried tapping it (with increasing enthusiasm/frustration) on the bench, to no avail. It seems wedged somehow.
So this leads me to believe that I have a broken spring jammed up in there.
If this was a truck, I'd be welding and jimmy rigging a slap hammer to drag that sum##### outta there...but this is a more precision unit. So is there a trick, or am I about to start shopping for new parts?
 
I was told they had to be drilled out. Very tedious job. I've just left mine as is partly because I couldn't source replacement parts.
 
You can order parts direct from Savage (I needed a new action screw & washer). Trying to source out parts in Canada was a waste of time.
Edit: Nothing needs to be drilled out. Plunger, spring and pin. the plunger is stuck (rusted? dirty?).
 
I had my ejector plunger stick in the bolt head on my .243. I drove the retaining pin out and stuck the bolt (head down) in a jar with a bunch of Kroil in it . I let it soak for a couple of days and gave the plunger a couple of taps with a pin punch every once in a while. Once it loosened up a bit and came out far enough to get a grip on the plunger with needle-nosed pliers, it came out easily. Be patient.
I ended up replacing the spring, just cleaned up the plunger with steel wool.
My stuck plunger was caused by sub-standard ammo piercing the primers and crud blowing back into the bolt head.

Once I got it fixed, I cleaned the ejector pin holes in my other Savages..........................only launched 1 ejector plunger across the basement never to be seen again. Good thing I ordered extra stuff when I got the new spring for the .243
 
StoneHorse said:
You can order parts direct from Savage (I needed a new action screw & washer). Trying to source out parts in Canada was a waste of time.
Edit: Nothing needs to be drilled out. Plunger, spring and pin. the plunger is stuck (rusted? dirty?).
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The inside of the bolt was a bit grimy, but no chunks or lumps. No rust. That's what leads me to believe the spring is broken. That, and the ejector didn't protrude at all before disassembly. I'll try soaking it for a few days and doing the ol' tappy tappy.
 
Broken spring is very unlikely. Study post #5. There is a possible solution to your problem. Also, instead of tapping on the face of the ejector plunger, try applying a vibrating engraver. You don't want to drive the ejector deep into its hole - just free it up so the spring will push it out.
 
I haven't tapped on the ejector plunger. I have the bolt head removed and have been tapping that on the work bench trying to jar the ejector loose.
Tried an electromagnet today to pull it out with no success. It's soaking in oil right now, but I don't have much confidence. I'm reasonably sure I'm going to end up drilling it out.
 
don't drill it out, let it soak, your issue may not be the ejector but rather the extractor, you need the 3mm ball bearing trick under the extractor to get it to positively catch on the rim of the case, I am in Oceanside, Campbell river in 2 weeks and then cowichan in 3, if you need parts let me know and we can figure something out.
There is a gunsmith in Victoria that will trade a slingshot for a savage, if you have a slingshot we can get a spare rifle for parts.........
 
if you've got penetrating oil down in there to loosen any crud up can you get an appropriate sized machine thread screw in there to pull out the spring? Something small enough to just clear the ID of the spring, turn it in until it catches and the pull it out. Or finish nail with the end cut with nipper so there's a burr on the end...fish it in until it catches and try to flick it out. I have had some luck doing those things with a little/light spring that's jammed in and won't fall out of it's own accord.

This is where i usually end up sacrificing yet another .5mm allen key to make a pick.....:d
 
Typically the pin is jammed in being held either by crud or the pin and spring jammed together.

Local 'smith here says he gets a few of them every year and dislikes doing them as it tends to be hard on the small bit required to remove them.
 
Sorry, misunderstood. Hopefully it's jammed on some crud that will dissolve/displace with the oil/solvent. Hope it's not bound on a chip or a burr.
 
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