etijsma wrote:First off, i want to say thanks for sharing all this wealth of information, not just you Hoot but it stretches out to everyone.
I went out and tore the gun down and checked out the extractor while still installed and the case went in fine with no problems. i went ahead and stripped all of it down and placed the extractor on a case and it actually seemed that there was a very slight gap. so i didnt have to do anything but i went ahead and polished the tip of the extractor.
I'm not sure I'm following what you did. If the fully assembled bolt slides into and out of the chamber without a cartridge and does not drag on the barrel extension
-but-The bolt, bearing a cartridge does drag, then the case is not allowing the extractor to rotate on it's pin (like a seesaw) close enough to the bolt, to clear the barrel extension.
Without the ejector in the bolt. If you hold a case in the bolt, hooked under the extractor, flat against the bolt face and there is a gap between the rim and the extractor, they you know the part of the extractor adjacent to the rim is not the culprit. It's the claw bottoming out in the extraction groove
before the extractor rotates on it's pin (like a seesaw) close enough to the bolt, to clear the barrel extension. That does require taking a little off the claw lip where it is contacting the bottom of the groove. Polishing the leading edge will have no impact on your problem. Did you mean polish the leading edge, or use a polishing action to "take a little off" the claw lip? Not trying to be pedantic. We just want you to prevail and not have to send it in.
Most of us here, have a whole bunch of memories filed away in our heads of when other folks helped us triumph over adversity and prevail in our challenges. Most of us are compelled to
"balance the equation" by doing the same for others. The idea being that by the time you pass from this world, you've settled up your accounts as best you can.
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