S&W 1006 in shop; lgs unfamiliar

Started by swede925, January 10 2019 06:29:14 PM MST

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swede925

 I would like to ask for help from those members who own S&W10XX pistols. The ejector on my 1006 was replaced by my local gunsmith and while everything seems to cycle and function properly when the magazine is empty, it may or may not go into battery with a single round in the mag and locks up hard out of battery if there is a second round in the magazine. Perhaps if I had photos of functional ejectors my gunsmith could determine the adjustments needed.

I will be using imprecise terms, so please bear with me. I was able to make some observations by removing the slide and fully seating a magazine.

The portion of the ejector which extends over the magazine, which I will call the 'finger', lays just inside the left lip of the magazine, with the small portion of metal pushed out from the side of the 'finger',which I am calling the 'cleat' resting on top of the lip.  All 9 of my magazines have a shiny spot where the original ejector 'cleat' made contact. If a round is in the mag, the 'finger' gets shifted to the left and the entire length of the 'finger' is now on top of the lip with only the tip making contact.  This raises the ejector enough that it jams against the top of the slot milled into the slide, stopping everything in it's tracks.

If someone would be willing to remove the slide and set a magazine as I described and the send top and side views we may be able to determine if the finger needs to be beveled or tapered underneath or if it needs to be shaved off of the top or what ever. I seem to recall a slight dogleg  in the original when viewed from the top, allowing the 'cleat' to make contact and lining up the 'finger' to be positioned to hit the case head. The slot in the slide seems wide enough to accommodate this. But then again I could be mistaken, 'cuz how hard do we look at something that's been working for 25 years?