lAWTON 7500 EXTRACTOR???

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skeetlee

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My smith called and said that my new Lawton 7500 action dual port wasnt extracting the 30br cases. I thought oh great!!! Let me start over here. I purchased a couple of Lawton 7500 action here a few weeks ago. When the arrived i thought i was in heaven. they look really really good!!! I would also like to say that Lawton's customer service is really great. Ok My action will not eject the 30BR cases. The extractor lets go before it gets to the ejection port. My smith has called Lawton and they said something about filling off the corners and taking a link out of the spring, and if that didnt work we will have to put a repeater extractor on the bolt. I know that we will get this right, but i would have to think that this isn't the first Lawton 7500 that didnt eject BR cases correctly. Can anyone here offer up some solid info on how to tune this extractor so i can shoot my new rifle that is three weeks past due?? Like i said, i think the folks at Lawton are first class all the way and i am not bashing them in the least. However I have has several issues with this action trying to get it out of the shop. all of the issues were minor and have been corrected except for the extractor. I am sure we will get this corrected as well!! I will continue to buy Lawton actions, but this has been a bit trying!! Can anyone offer up some help?? thanks guys! Lee
 
Lee,
None of my business, but I think this does not belong on the forum. Deal with Lawton first and bring it to a conclusion. No I'm not the forum Police.
Butch
 
why would this not belong on the forum? I am asking for some ideas as to what other folks have done. I really like my Lawton action and i will buy several others. I am not hating on anything or anyone. I figured this was a common situation with an easy fix. My smith is on top of it and has been talking with lawton. My smith is my buddy and we talk everyday darn near so i was looking for some ideas i could pass along. Again I am not bashing Lawton!! They have been very very good to me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I highly recommend them. I do think that they need to address this situation and i think they will. They are good people over there!!!!!!!! Besides all that, I like to talk shop! Nothing wrong with that, is there?? Lee
 
Lee post whatever you want. As I said I am not the forum police. I think it would be better if you resolve your problem, shoot your rifle, and then give us a report that you had a small problem, it was fixed to your satisfaction, and your rifle shoots well "when I do my part."
Butch
 
Skeetlee

You would be surprised how many custom actions with ejectors need a little fine tuning to get things just right. You dont want the thing throwing cases off the bench, yet it does have to toss it far enough. You also don't want it hitting the inside of the action so hard as to dent the necks.

I have a friend that has a short Bat that came with extra springs, it's no big deal to change them. We had to go to a lighter one right off the "bat' to get it just right.

I am sure Lawton has the answer. Butch makes a good point, get it right, then gives us a report on what the problem was, and how it was corrected.........jackie
 
If I remember correctly, the Lawton action has a Sako style extractor in the middle of the bolt lug. This makes the bolt eject into the lug portion of the raceway which can be a problem with short cases. From what I've found with sliding plate extractors that are in the lug, that it takes more spring pressure on the ejector to allow for reliable ejection of the fired case when the case ejects into the lug area of the raceway. You can also shape a plunger ejector to push the case head towards the extractor so that it will keep the case on the extractor as the bolt pulls the case out of the chamber. The extractor being in the middle of the lug does make for a safer installation of the extractor than it would be if it was in the normal location above the bolt lug. The normal sako style extractor location above the lug provides for more reliable ejection with short cases, but it's also creates some risk for the extractor coming out of the action in a case failure.
 
Mate shorten the ejector a little until it ejects correctly. I have seen this before on Lawtons and a few others.
cheers,
Shane
 
Mate shorten the ejector a little until it ejects correctly. I have seen this before on Lawtons and a few others.
cheers,
Shane
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Shortening the ejector is not the solution, the solution is just the opposite, the distance that the ejector protrudes from the bolt face needs the be lengthened so it will keep the case pinned against the receiver wall until the case reaches the ejection port. This can be done by removing the ejector from the bolt and lengthening the pin cut in the ejector to the rear. It usually doesn't take much. This is pretty common with short cases and spring loaded, plunger type ejectors.

Todd
 
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