Ejector gave up the ghost today

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by kurusu

Went shooting today (it's an holiday here). The ejector of shooter number two (S/42) gave up on me.

Luckily it's not a numbered part and I have spares.

Just finished installing it.

I am curious; did it break right at the pivot??? (Where it locks into the barrel extension/receiver). That seems like where the stress would concentrate...Kind of like bending a coat hanger...

[kurusu]

It broke the front tip just where it enters the barrel extension to do it's ejecting stuff.

[rhuff]

Originally Posted by kurusu

It broke the front tip just where it enters the barrel extension to do it's ejecting stuff.

This is where I have experienced breakage on Luger extractors. I have had two(2) break in that area over the years.

[kurusu]

Originally Posted by rhuff

This is where I have experienced breakage on Luger extractors. I have had two(2) break in that area over the years.

What's ironic is:

Shooter number 1 (a BYF 41) has had gazillion shots through it and the ejector still holds (knock on wood, cause I only have one other spare), shooter number 2 is quite recent in my hands and only has about 1k through it since I got it. But I suspect it's ejector was a newly made replacement. The one I installed now is an original. Let's wait and see.

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by rhuff

This is where I have experienced breakage on Luger extractors. I have had two(2) break in that area over the years.

So his ejector broke at the same place where your extractor broke??? Just want to get that straight in my mind's eye...

It would be some coincidence if both parts broke at the same time...

[kurusu]

Originally Posted by sheepherder

So his ejector broke at the same place where your extractor broke??? Just want to get that straight in my mind's eye...

It would be some coincidence if both parts broke at the same time...

Now, don't you be mean. If I had a dollar bill for every time I said extractor meaning ejector. I wouldn't be rich... But I'd have enough money for a lobster dinner with a Champagne magnum to go with.

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by kurusu

Now, don't you be mean...

Just being snarky. Rhuff could be talking about his extractor; I have one that broke/chipped the corner off at the forward end...

I hate the ejectors; It always seems like I'm going to break one whenever I remove/replace it...

[kurusu]

Originally Posted by sheepherder

I hate the ejectors; It always seems like I'm going to break one whenever I remove/replace it...

Mine wasn't easy going into place either.

[rhuff]

Originally Posted by rhuff

This is where I have experienced breakage on Luger extractors. I have had two(2) break in that area over the years.

Sorry all. I read ejector and brain said extractor......brain fade!!! I am sure that this has nothing to do with a "senior brain malfunction". I will try to do better, but no guarentees.

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by rhuff

....brain fade!!! I am sure that this has nothing to do with a "senior brain malfunction".

So...I am not alone...

[kurusu]

Originally Posted by sheepherder

So...I am not alone...

You wish.

[kurusu]

Just finished a training session. The new ejector works flawlessly.