Seecamp - Ejected Extractor

[Wisco]

Thanks in advance for any help.

I bought a "gently used" Seecamp .32 last Friday as a daily pocket carry gun. I have a Shield 9mm or G19 that ride in a backpack or shoulder bag most places I go, including work, but do to the nature of the business I'm in and usually wearing dress clothes, I needed something that would reside in my pocket all day, every day, including short walks to lunch, coffee, and home.

So, I was very pleased to find a Seecamp somewhat locally for the very reasonable price of $400 with 3 mags, 3 finger rests, 3 boxes of Hornady hollowpoints.

I fired the gun Sunday. 2 boxes of Gold Dots, and the 3 boxes of Hornady. No major problems to speak of (for a tiny pocket .32), but when I finished the last mag, I noticed my extractor was missing - and the pin and spring. So, being curious, I fired the last box of 20 Gold Dots with the extractor missing - everything went fine.

I did find the extractor on the floor downrange, but not the pin or spring.

My questions:

1. How easy, or not, for me to get the parts and install myself?
2. Given the missing extractor, was this functioning much like a Beretta Tomcat with just an ejector?
3. If this functioned for me without the extractor, is it really just there to assist in ejecting and also clearing (clearing is not easy without it)?

I emailed Seecamp, waiting on their reply. Just looking for someone here who may have some knowledge about the feasibility of fixing this part myself.

 

[JERRY]

the extractor is not needed for firing, but is needed for unloading.

it is a fairly easy and cheap fix or you can send the slide in (no ffl needed) and they might fix it for free.

btw, you picked the best mini-auto made.

 

[Wisco]

Thanks JERRY -

I did a lot of reading and searching before finding this one. It's a very tight little gun. I remain impressed with the craftsmanship.

I hate to assume anything, but this fix should just require the three parts? Spring, extractor, then use a brass(?) hammer to drive the pin down?

 

[JERRY]

yes, well, and needle nose plier to hold the pin.

use a dab of grease to hold the spring in its place, hold the extractor in place with the other hand, place the set pin in the hole and tap lightly until it aligns with the extractor hole.

look at the pin and use the smallest slightly tapered end to go in first. very little fiddling is needed and the parts aren't expensive at all.

of course you could send the slide in and have it given the once over for other things while its there.... cost is very reasonable, often times free.

 

[Wisco]

Thanks again!

 

[JERRY]

join this forum for more info. http://www.seecamp.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl

there is a wealth of knowledge there.