Extractors

PhilOhio · 09-17-2009, 12:26 PM

Steinar,

About ejectors not being on some of the small ".25 ACP" guns, as we know them in the U.S....

They do have ejectors. Well, yes and no. The firing pin also serves as the ejector. As the fired case is withdrawn by the extractor, when its mouth clears and barrel chamber and front of the ejection port in the slide, the spring loaded firing pin becomes the ejector. Most of these firing pins extend more than 1/8" in front of the slide face when not held by the sear.

The design works just fine, but I'm always uncomfortable and very careful when occasionally clearing the live round from one of the small Colt, Browning, or Bauer .25 pistols I sometimes carry, as right now. But I've never heard of one going off under those circumstances, and they've been in use for close to 100 years. So I guess it's O.K.

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09-17-2009, 12:26 PM	#11
PhilOhio User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Ohio Posts: 145 Thanks: 5 Thanked 17 Times in 14 Posts	Steinar, About ejectors not being on some of the small ".25 ACP" guns, as we know them in the U.S.... They do have ejectors. Well, yes and no. The firing pin also serves as the ejector. As the fired case is withdrawn by the extractor, when its mouth clears and barrel chamber and front of the ejection port in the slide, the spring loaded firing pin becomes the ejector. Most of these firing pins extend more than 1/8" in front of the slide face when not held by the sear. The design works just fine, but I'm always uncomfortable and very careful when occasionally clearing the live round from one of the small Colt, Browning, or Bauer .25 pistols I sometimes carry, as right now. But I've never heard of one going off under those circumstances, and they've been in use for close to 100 years. So I guess it's O.K.