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John,

I messed around with the 9 mm Colt this morning. The chamber is clean and smooth. The extractor looks sharp without burrs. I bent the extractor slightly (maybe, I didn't want to break it). I tried your extractor tension test with a loaded round (with the slide removed and gun disassembled of course) and the extractor does hold the round in as the slide is rotated 360 degrees. The round is not held tightly against the breech, it does tilt downwards when the slide is upright. What do you think? I tried pulling the round forward and it does seem to be "hooked" pretty well.

I'll probably find time this next week to test it again. We have migrated to WV for the summer (it's hot-hot-hot in Florida) and I'll see how the local state range is this year. It's usually a great place to shoot.

I had tried to send you another private message but I guess you've been too busy to read it.