FullEffect1911
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I have a suspicion that this has been covered once or twice, however after searching through the sea of 1911 questions I've determined this may not be to easy to find.
Anyway, I just got a new Springfield 1911 loaded, it's very nice. However I did change the extractor immediately with a Brown Hardcore due to my past experience with Springer extractors.
The Hardcore had no proper beveled edges and had to be fit with a new FP stop, strange since my last Hardcore extractor was nearly a drop in part.
So I fit it up and tensioned it. It worked fine during firing. However now I have the 1911 apart and rechecked the tension to make sure it's still good. It is not. The extractor has seemed to lose it's tension.
I can retention it, but I have another problem. The extractor claw is contacting the beveled extractor grove of the case. I understand this is a no no, however there isn't anything I can do short of just removing the whole claw to prevent that from happening. The OEM springfield extractor just seems to be a tad shorter in over all length.
Are Brown hardcore's longer then normal? Is there a different extractor I should be using? I could use a little help on this one. And the most important question... is a little bit of contact normal, especially considering that the gun was operating normally?
Anyway, I just got a new Springfield 1911 loaded, it's very nice. However I did change the extractor immediately with a Brown Hardcore due to my past experience with Springer extractors.
The Hardcore had no proper beveled edges and had to be fit with a new FP stop, strange since my last Hardcore extractor was nearly a drop in part.
So I fit it up and tensioned it. It worked fine during firing. However now I have the 1911 apart and rechecked the tension to make sure it's still good. It is not. The extractor has seemed to lose it's tension.
I can retention it, but I have another problem. The extractor claw is contacting the beveled extractor grove of the case. I understand this is a no no, however there isn't anything I can do short of just removing the whole claw to prevent that from happening. The OEM springfield extractor just seems to be a tad shorter in over all length.
Are Brown hardcore's longer then normal? Is there a different extractor I should be using? I could use a little help on this one. And the most important question... is a little bit of contact normal, especially considering that the gun was operating normally?
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