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Hardcase · April 24, 2012, 01:16 PM

Here's what the ejection port on mine looks like:

What you can't see is that just in front of the port, there is some metal on the top of the receiver that makes a sort of channel between the chamber and the port. That's where things get squishy.

This gun is an early first year production rifle - Colt changed some things fairly quickly, including opening up the ejection port and getting rid of the slide lock at the front of the trigger guard. Maybe part of that port change was relieving the metal on the receiver so that the cases didn't get abused.

Here's a fuzzy picture of the whole shebang.

April 24, 2012, 01:16 PM	#14
Hardcase Senior Member Join Date: April 14, 2009 Location: Sunny Southern Idaho Posts: 1,909	Here's what the ejection port on mine looks like: What you can't see is that just in front of the port, there is some metal on the top of the receiver that makes a sort of channel between the chamber and the port. That's where things get squishy. This gun is an early first year production rifle - Colt changed some things fairly quickly, including opening up the ejection port and getting rid of the slide lock at the front of the trigger guard. Maybe part of that port change was relieving the metal on the receiver so that the cases didn't get abused. Here's a fuzzy picture of the whole shebang. __________________ Well we don't rent pigs and I figure it's better to say it right out front because a man that does like to rent pigs is... he's hard to stop - Gus McCrae