Alright you gurus of gunsmithing, lords of the lathe and all-knowing sultans of shotguns, put your heads down and give me some serious swammy juice on this one:D

The 94C is of course a single shot shotgun, this one being 20 gauge. With low brass shells there is no issue but with anything above about 1/2" we have a failure to extract the fired hull. At first I thought perhaps the chamber was dirty or the spring was worn or broken but none of these were the case. I disassembled, checked, cleaned and lubricated to no avail of change. Then I noticed something odd, there was verticle play in the ejector:mad:. When the ejector begins to move it pushes the hull upward and this metal-to-metal contact creates just enough drag to keep the hull from clearing the breech of the gun.:rolleyes:

The ejector appears to be a casting and I doubt it will take much heat, an attempt to straighten it. So what should I do?

1. Try to find a another ejector (only used ones available)?

2. Live with it!:o I really don't use the gun much.

3. ? (This is where you all's genius comes in!:D)

This is a tough one, without seeing just what you have.

First off, many of the shells have "brass" bases that are brass plated steel. You can check with a small magnet. The steel doesn't have the same "spring back" as the brass bases, and is more likely to give problems.

Second, I would polish the chamber with an electric drill and some very fine silicon carbide paper. You should be able to rig something up with an old cleaning brush.

Finally, the ejector isn't a casting, although many of them look a little rough. They rely on the spring in the bottom of the hole in the lump to kick the ejector back. The spring is held in compression until the gun opens sufficiently for the empty to clear the standing breech, at which time the projection on the side of the lump catches on the frame and trips the sear. That releases the spring to (hopefully) kick out the empty. Anything that interferes with this chain of events will cause problems. The ejector shaft may be rough or bent. There could be crud in the hole. A burr on the side of the ejector claw might be hanging up. The sear might be bent, messing up the release timing. You see what I mean about it being tough to diagnose from long range.

The shotshell rim is not a nice 90 degree cut like a metallic cartridge rim, and that little angle on the leading edge acts to cam the ejector down when an empty hangs up.