Which pump shotgun ejects empty hulls the furthest?

[dak0ta]

Hi,

I was wondering if a shotgun with 2 extractors i.e. Mossberg 500 will eject spent hulls further than a Rem 870 with 1 extractor?

And also, how many extractors does the Winchester 1300, Ithaca 37, Benelli Nova, and Browning BPS have?

 

[HB]

My BPS kicks them out way further than my 870, but it really depends on how hard you work the action....... But why you care interests me most

 

[dak0ta]

Cause it's cool... isn't that a good enough reason? The sound of the action being racked, the sound of the shell flying through the air, and the hollow click clack of the plastic hitting concrete and echoing is one of the coolest feelings in the world. Oh and the smoke slowly rising from the spent hull too!

 

[Steve C]

How far the spent shell flies is usually a function of how smooth the action is and how fast and with what force it is operated. Never noticed any particular propensity of one brand to throw them further than another other than those that kick them out the bottom like the Browning BPS or the Ithica 37 putting them at the shooters feet.

 

[dak0ta]

So 2 extractors doesn't mean further distance?

 

[moojpg2]

no :banghead:

 

[RX-178]

It depends on how fast the shell is moving when it's knocked out of the chamber by the ejector.

If you REALLY want to get 'em flying, use a shotgun with a pistol grip stock (WITH a shoulder stock). Get your shoulder into the stock, and, when you pull back on the pumpslide, push your shoulder forward, then push forward with your hand, almost like you're throwing a punch.

Poor shotgun technique for shooting, but it'll get the hulls flying a good distance.

 

[shotgunjoel]

The Nova has one extractor.

 

[Sinixstar]

Model 37s don't really throw shells that far, as it's bottom extracting. Shells always just go down.
Unloading at the end of the day, I know it will toss a loaded slug pretty far when you've got it pointed in the air and clear the chamber.

 

[ants]

It isn't the extractor!!!

The extractor only pulls the hull from the chamber. The extractor doesn't eject anything.

The ejector is the thing that actually ejects it. That's why it's called the ejector.

It ejects the hull or shotshell farther when the end of the hull doesn't scrape past the receiver after it clears the chamber. A nice, clean, quick pump ejects the hull cleanly through the port so it can fly farther.

Just for the education of it, disassemble your shotgun and use an empty hull (Please, use an empty!) to check out the mechanism and see how it works.

 

[dak0ta]

Thanks!

 

[highorder]

...the sound of the shell flying through the air...

Makes the same sound as one hand clapping, I would imagine.

 

[L_10_shooter]

Im with highorder hahaha

 

[nachosgrande]

Maybe he's a sharpshooter. I once saw an exhibition shooter shoot the shells as they were being ejected.

 

[The Deer Hunter]

Cause it's cool... isn't that a good enough reason? The sound of the action being racked, the sound of the shell flying through the air, and the hollow click clack of the plastic hitting concrete and echoing is one of the coolest feelings in the world. Oh and the smoke slowly rising from the spent hull too!

In slow motion, too.

 

[rayman]

My crappy Stevens single-shot 9487 breech loader ejects the shell pretty far...