1879 trapdoor ejection

[1972Doug]

Is there any way to increase the ejectionpower of the spent case from a trapdoor carbine?

1972Doug

[Tom Trevor]

?? In flipping the block open in every Springfield single shot I own rifle or carbine the fired shell will fly over your shoulder and land six-ten feet behind you. How much further would you like it to go?

[raymeketa]

There is not a whole lot that you can do to that small ejector spring to make it any better. If you are having problems it may be due to to a dirty or pitted chamber, or to oversize brass? Or, maybe the ejector spring is broken or missing???

On the trapdoors that I shoot, I remove the ejector spring entirely. The fired case is withdrawn from the chamber and can be picked out of the receiver, rather than looking for it in the grass.

[45govt]

?? In flipping the block open in every Springfield single shot I own rifle or carbine the fired shell will fly over your shoulder and land six-ten feet behind you. How much further would you like it to go?

15 feet!

[Tom Trevor]

I had e-mailed the gentleman for details of his problem but never recieved a reply. So hope he solved whatever his problem was.

[1972Doug]

Soory, Sir, but I never received your email. I do not have a problem, just based my question on watching videos of people firing the trapdoor.

1972Doug

[Tom Trevor]

At the top of the page there is a notifications line its hard to pick up and easy to miss. Glad all is well and you have no problems.

[DRAGONFLYDF]

On both of my trapdoors, people are surprised at how hard fast the extractor is, it will easily throw a case over the shoulder and a several feet behind you.