1911 9mm Extraction Question

[schmeky]

I have a Rock Island frame assembly with an Essex slide, match barrel, Wilson match bushing, and a Wilson extractor, chambered for 9mm. It's a great shooter, but I suddenly experienced extraction problems at the shooting range on Sunday/1-27. Incidentally, I NEVER close the slide with a round in the chamber, I know better.

When I returned home and checked the extractor tension, it wouldn't hold a factory round in place, in other words the extractor tension was very loose. I had the extractor adjusted by a professional smithy when the barrel and bushing were fitted only about 2 months ago and I have only fired about 300 rounds since it was returned. I adjusted the tension (like I do on my 1911 45's until there was sufficient tension to hold a factory round in place securely no matter what position the slide was held in.

My question is, there is an (expensive) extractor in the Brownell's catalog that has a coil spring configuration. Would this item hold tension more consistently than a standard extractor? Is there a certain series 70 extractor that works better than most?

1911 Tuner, if anyone knows, you do.

 

[oprod1]

cleaning?

If you havent tried it already, take the extractor out and clean the hole with a pipe cleaner. Sometimes just powder residue can make these things not close.

 

[schmeky]

oprod1,

Is has been cleaned thoroughly.

 

[Canuck-IL]

If the extractor is not the correct steel, it can lose tension that fast. Get another from EGW and try it. A spring-loaded alternative would be an Aftec which I lot of USPSA shooters swear by but it's a little pricey.
/Bryan

 

[schmeky]

Canuck,

Thanks for the tip. I was thinking about a Colt extractor, but I may give the EGW a try.

Couldn't believe how quickly this extractor lost tension, a first for me.