Have a model 30 JC Higgins that I am working on. The rifle would not extract or eject. Both parts were beaten up. I replaced them, now when the rifle is fired it extracts, and ejects the spent case. If I want to extract a live round by using the bolt handle, it appears that the bolt is being pulled to the right, thus pulling the extractor off the rim of the 22 case. The extractor is a double stacked claw hook, very sharp, and is fitted correct, the extractor spring is good, and I have full range of motion of the extractor. If I pull straight back on the bolt handle, no pulling towards the side, things work better. I need some help, I have lots of hours in trying to solve this. I don’t want to let it beat me.
OK, lets see if we can help. I believe that by your description the problem is that the extractor hook is too far away from the breech face. If memory serves me correctly then the breech face is recessed for the rim. So the extractor should push the cartridge against the lip opposite of it. If the extractor hook is too far from the breech face then as the bolt is withdrawn the extractor simply pushes the case over and since the case does not push against the bolt face the extractor lets go of it and leaves it as you describe. Now if my memory is wrong and it is often, and the breech face is flat then there has to be something for the extractor to push the cartridge against and if there is no rim cut in the bolt then there must be an ejector or a guide along the left side of the gun. If this is the case then the extractor is still not fitted to hold onto the case correctly, it must hold the case up onto the bolt face.
