Fox ejector guide pin broke

[MilRob]

I bought this 16 ga CE a little while ago and finally took it out to shoot some skeet today.  I noticed it was a little tight to close the action and found one of the ejector guide pins was broke off and stuck in the barrel.   I didn't notice this when I bought the gun.    I don't think this gun has been shot in 30 years so who knows how stuck the rod is.  Is this a pretty straight forward repair for a good gunsmith? What is the best way to repair or is it better just to replace it and have a different one fitted?

[Ithaca33]

I'd try soaking it in solvent and maybe moving it around if you can with a strong magnet. Depends on how stuck it is I guess. Absolutely beautiful gun though

[Silvers]

Sometimes the pin will come out but often it has a bend and it can't be worked out of the blind hole. But it's worth a try. And you can't drill it out because it will spin with the drill bit. They can be frustrating. I've seen many pins "put back in place" by hackers and often they're not centered properly and/or will pull out of the ejector. There are many threads in the private Members Forum on this subject; since you're a member of the AHFCA you can find them by signing in and doing an advanced search for "ejector guide pin". I would not be shooting the gun as it is because it's easy to break off the ejector at its stem if the guide pin isn't in place. And then you're really in trouble. Silvers

[MilRob]

Any suggestions on a gunsmith to handle this type of repair?

[Silvers]

Yeah I should have added that but I was writing in haste the first time. I am sorry but I don't know a single gunsmith I can recommend. That's because I always repair them myself but for various reasons no longer do that for others. Perhaps others have had this work done satisfactorily and they can suggest someone from personal experience?

[mikeborden]

I don't have personal experience, but from talking to Dan Rossiter about this very same thing, he seemed like a good candidate to fix this. I specifically asked him about it when I was having him evaluate an ejector Sterly and everything he said sounded good to me. Don't know the cost, but he can make the guide pin and weld it up for you.

CustomStocksandSteele is the website.

Mike