Hi folks, I've had my wasr 10 for a while now and i've put at least 700 rounds thru it with no hangups. So today i was at the bullethole, about 15 rounds in I took a shot and smoke came out from the bolt area after I fired a shot. I dont know exactly what happened but it ejected fine so I didnt think anything of it.

 

So I went ahead and kept shooting, and after that incident it would not eject the round after about every 10 rounds or so. What should I look for? thanks for the help in advance.

Would not extract or eject? Can I see a photo from the top down of the ejector?

eject, im sorry. the spent casings would just get stuck. cool thanks glenn, ill take a pic tomorrow so maybe you can see whats going on. I was getting pretty frustrated today

Take the bolt out and soak it in hoppes or ur cleaner.... take a brass brush and clean off any carbon. U may have some carbon in the spring area of the ejector or at the pivot point. If u know how to pull it apart do so and clean her up. Hope it helps

Also what did the subsequent casings look like on the outside? Primers?? Heavy strikes on the head from ejector?

Take the bolt out and soak it in hoppes or ur cleaner.... take a brass brush and clean off any carbon. U may have some carbon in the spring area of the ejector or at the pivot point. If u know how to pull it apart do so and clean her up. Hope it helps

 

I wouldn't soak the bolt without removing firing pin and cleaning/drying the channel. Just soaking it may loosen up junk short term but will long term accumulate more junk in my opinion.

 

Remember, its a free floating firing pin. If it sticks foward you will rapidly empty your bowels into your pants.

Good point.

I saved a few casings that got stuck, ill take pics tomorrow. too tired now, thanks again guys appreciate it. I love shooting my wasr.

sorry for the late reply, between the storms and work ive been a little busy. heres a few pics i snapped today of the ejector ?

 

glenn p, it wont eject. the bolt would close and just crush the spent casing halfway out.

 

when this all started after the first casing got stuck, there were some kind of greenish looking powder? all over the inside dont know what it was

 

 

 

 

OK, few things.

 

Remove the dust cover and examine along the edge of ejection area. Do you see markings from cases hitting it?

 

If you do, it may not be the problem anyways. Try shooting it with the dust cover off. If it doesnt happen with dust cover off, your ejection angle is funky.

 

Thats only one indicator though, although I would troubleshoot that first before you start doing permanent changes.

 

My hunch is your ejector is not shaped quite right. Remove dust cover and slowly pull the bolt back and look which part of the ejector goes through the bolt face first. This is what hits your case first. It should be be at the edge then work its way in due to the curve of ejector.

 

Another way to see where its hitting is look at the face of the ejector, you will see where the cases have been smacking it. With the shape of yours its probably the tip, and thats wrong.

 

Look at my ejector, see how it doesnt stick out like yours on the end?

 

 

On my PSL, I had to relieve the top rail actually because it was stovepiping against it. Brass marks here will reveal the issue. To see what im talking about look on the right hand rail (bottom of picture). The relief starts on the top rail, just foward of the tip of the selector, and continues until it bulges out right before that rope you see. The first photo is from somewhere else but outlines the area. That cut is quite drastic though! I'de go a little at a time, beveled, untill it functions reliably (if this is your problem). The final photos are my PSLs cut. If you are super downright confused, send me a PM and we can talk on the phone. EDIT: It appears you have the relief cut already so I'm thinking you need to hack away at the ejector tip

 

 

 

 

 

I would give it a good cleaning before messing with anything. If the gun ran fine previously, and you're using the same ammo, something may be gunked up somewhere causing the ejection problem. Inspect the chamber and make sure rounds feed easily in and out. There should be no resistance when chambering a round. Take the bolt a part and clean it.

 

My WASR 10 had an ejection problem, but it was due to the mag catch not fitted properly. The mag catch was a little short causing the mags to not lock in securely. It had slight front to rear wobble. I also polished the rails, underside of the bolt, and hammer to smooth the action some. Since the fix, it has been flawless. Remove the spring, and slide the bolt carrier/bolt back and forth. It should be smooth with some resistance when it slides over the hammer.

 

I'm going to guess your latch is OK since the gun was running fine for the 700 rounds you fired.

everytime the casing gets jammed theres always another loaded in the chamber, so i always have to hold the bolt open, drop the mag, clear the jam and empty the round in the chamber.

 

that being said, maybe theres a particular step that i have to pay attention to thats causing this. thanks again for the help guys, i love shooting this gun and i cant wait til it functions properly again.

 

glennp thanks for the advice, i will respong to you pm over the weekend when im have some time. thanks again

Dave, I have a very simple solution........ SELL IT TO ME, I could always use an Ak in my arsenal, think about it...hahahahaha

So i went shooting with clintoon yesterday at efga, shot bout 60 rounds thru the wasr .... no issues. im a happy camper now

 

I cleaned the gas tube, put some grease on the slide rails, and mosst importantly replaced the chinese made cover with rail that i bought from amazon.

 

gonna put more round thru it next saturday , but im hoping all is good. thanks again guys.

Fail for me. I want the damn thing. Hahahaha.