A little over a month ago, I posted in another thread that my 917VS was
definately a keeper........then immediately began having ejector problems.
Thought it might be a dirty chamber, so cleaned it up. But the other day
another shell was not ejected AND the tip of the ejector spring broke off!!
I pryed the shell casing out and it was cracked from the neck, through the
shoulder, and a quarter way down the case!!
I shoot many starlings from the barn, so went on a spent casing hunt only
to discover that about half of the casing necks were cracked. I did not
notice this when the rifle was new.
I called Marlin about the broken ejector and they are sending another one.
At first I was thinking the case was just too brittle, but after finding so many
cases with cracked necks......I'm wondering what could have happened to
this chamber in a stainless steel barrel? I'm really sick about this, because
it is such an accurate firearm.
Suggestions?
This is my very first Marlin firearm. How are they about correcting
problems? At this point, I have no idea if the problem is their fault or
mine, but can't think of a thing that I could have done to cause this....yet,
the problem didn't seem to exist when it was new.
