Taurus 1911 Ejector question

[Nick998]

Well before even getting a 100 shots through my taurus 1911 the tip of the ejector broke off... It was working perfectlt fine before the incident. Will any 1911 80 series ejector work? or is the one for the taurus proprietary?

 

[HZOX221]

Probably, you should also check the mag release. You may be seating the mags too far.

 

[Nick998]

The 80 series ones pictured on Midway look the same... Does anyone have a better answer then probably?

 

[Nick998]

*bump* need to know asap

 

[Holo]

if not you could always get out the dremmel.

 

[Nick998]

Oh wait I called it an ejector what I meant was extractor..

 

[Olympus]

A standard mil-spec extractor should work just fine.

I'd call Taurus and tell them what happened. They should be able to send you a replacement free of charge.

 

[DasFriek]

I would definitely try Taurus and get an extractor from them.
At 1k rounds my PT1911 had issues with the extractor from not being tensioned correctly and it got beaten up and peened and needed replaced.
I went an bought a nice Wilson Combat HD series 80 extractor and i had issues that the new extractor wouldn't retain the firing pin safety plunger in its hole.

It could be an isolated issue but ive heard of others have the same issues also. You can make the Wilson part fit but not like most people would expect to do so. You have to file the retaining slot in a way it sits deeper in the whole and will then contact the plunger and retain it.
But when you do that you have to put a shim in the extractors hole forward of firing pin retainer to keep it in place. It works and take alot of time to go this route.
So this is why i suggest trying to get a Taurus part so you dont have extensive fitting and filing to get it right.

BTW the issue is the FP plunger hole is just slightly forward than where most 1911 spec parts are made to fit.