my m1 carbine will not eject, why?

Question

it fires, but will not eject and reload.

Answer 1

Your problem is more than likely with the gas port, make sure that there isn't cosmoline or other crud covering the gas port.

Answer 2

Ejectors are on each side of the firing pin and they will wear out over time. The ejectors have a slot in them that snaps over the boat tail of the cartridge to pull it out after firing. The slot corners round off after a while and will not catch on the cartridge. Have a gunsmith change the extractors and it should work fine again and clean it as others have said. Good luck.

Answer 3

After a very good cleaning check the chamber to see that there is no rust or crud in it. examine a fired casing for scrapes and scrachs. these should tell you if the chamber is at fault. Give the exstracter a look over to see that it's not broken. more than likely one of these are the problem .

Answer 4

US M-1 carbines are not 'blow-back.' They use gas ports. It probably needs a deep cleaning. Have it checked out by a competent gunsmith.

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Answer 5

I would try asking in the "Shooting" section of the website http://outdoorsbest.zeroforum.com/

There are a lot more gun nuts on there than here. I think there are a couple of gunsmiths that lurk the boards there too.

To be honest, I shoot guns but am pretty bad at fixing them

Answer 6

Sometimes the spring in the mag sticks or wears out so that it will not feed the next round. If the above suggestions don't work, check your mag.

Answer 7

First thing I would try is a very through cleaning. Make sure your gas port is clean, bolt, etc.