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Figure 17: The Extractors pull the fired case from the chamber
The bolt is now free to travel backwards with the bolt carrier. As it moves
backwards the extractors will pull the fired brass from the chamber and begin to cam it
upwards, pointing the brass at a twelve to fifteen degree angle towards the ejection chute
ramp.
Figure 18: When as the bolt travels backwards, the extractors lift the case upwards
When the bottom of the forward edge of the bolt travels far enough back to clear
the rim of the next cartridge in the magazine, the next round is forced up by the magazine
spring and is ready to be pushed into the chamber.
After the bolt and bolt carrier have reached their rearmost point of travel, the
recoil springs will begin to push the assembly forward. This will cause the previously fired
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brass to come into contact with the ejection chute ramp while simultaneously pushing the
next round in the magazine forward out of the magazine and into the chamber.
The empty brass continues forward through the ejection chute and out the
ejection opening out through the ejection opening in the gas block.
Figure 19: As the bolt moves forward, it pushes a new cartridge out of the
magazine and guides the fired case up the ejection ramp
The rim of the fired brass will slide out of the extractors as it bears against the
ramp and into the ejection chute. Once freed, the extractors will slide down over the rim of
the newly chambered cartridge and the rifle will once again be ready to sight-in on the
target and fire.
Figure 20: The extractors slide off of the fired case and down over the rim of the new
cartridge