golfwarrant
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I have a Springfield Armory "Loaded" full size, oh, about four years old or so, maybe three thousand rounds. I have a problem with the tip of the extractor hitting the forward angle of the case extractor groove. I have tried a new Wilson, Brown, and Springfield extractor and all of them hit. Tuner says: "Make sure that the front of the hook isn't touching the forward angle of the case extractor groove when the case is flat against the breechface, and that the tip of the hook isn't bottoming out in the extractor groove."
I researched the issue a lot here and all the threads say to file the tip of the extractor if it is a bit too long. I have filed down the tips to the degree that I was concerned about there being enough metal left for reliability and still it hits. I can't seem to make this problem go away at all.
The gun does run reliably though. I use old GI mags per Tuners suggestion and have never had a feeding or extraction problem. It's just I can tell that the extractor is hitting pretty hard on the case. It leaves quite a gouge mark. I'm concerned that all that beating will eventually cause the extractor to just break.
Is my slide out of spec maybe? Should I trash the pistol and go buy a new one?
I'll be home in a couple months and really want to clear this up.
Thanks,
Walt in Iraq
I researched the issue a lot here and all the threads say to file the tip of the extractor if it is a bit too long. I have filed down the tips to the degree that I was concerned about there being enough metal left for reliability and still it hits. I can't seem to make this problem go away at all.
The gun does run reliably though. I use old GI mags per Tuners suggestion and have never had a feeding or extraction problem. It's just I can tell that the extractor is hitting pretty hard on the case. It leaves quite a gouge mark. I'm concerned that all that beating will eventually cause the extractor to just break.
Is my slide out of spec maybe? Should I trash the pistol and go buy a new one?
I'll be home in a couple months and really want to clear this up.
Thanks,
Walt in Iraq