I had posted this in the shotgun forum but a mod. told me i might have better luck here. Here is a bit from that thread.
I wrote-"I am tring to figure out whats wrong with this older maverick 88. I bought it from a pawn shop and could tell it needed some work, but it was dirt cheap. anyways, it loads the shell fine, but when you go to eject the shell, it remains held tight against the boltface. and then if you pull the bolt closed it will just push that same shell back into the barrel. never letting go of the shell. it trys to load the next shell but it gets caught up by the shell trying to be extracted. any help would be great! thanks"
hillbill wrote- "when the bolt pulls the shell back to the rear of the action it is held by two little claws, when it reaches a certain point almost fully to the rear of its travel the shell rim should contact a a little metal ejector piece on the left side of the action that hits the rim and pushes it off the claws and out of the action. maybe the ejector piece is worn or bent or missing.im looking at a mossberg right now, but most pumps work in a similar manner. let us know what happens."
i wrote- "is there a small cut on the face of the bolt where the ejector piece should protrude when the bolt is pulled back? Or is the ejector made into the wall of the receiver? If it's either of those two then something is wrong, because i see neither. I don't see anything on the wall of the receiver where the shell rim will make contact. Also, i see a notch cut into the face of the bolt where an ejector piece could come out at the last second, but nothing comes out. Could it be that this piece is broken? If so, how hard of a chore is that? I've been looking at part prices and they're not too bad. Thanks for the help! Anymore info is greatly appreciated!
ALSO i think this isn't the older style, it has 2 action working rods instead of 1. if that matters."
NOW, i can't figure this out, if someone could help that would be great!
