Round not consistently extracting

[DonVoigt]

Originally Posted by mestguy182

Thank you for the replies. I'm using 115 GR Winchester White Box, 9mm. I did replace the extractor spring, I held on to the old one and may test putting it back in.

However, I found an issue I missed before, the ejector I changed out was not an original part and I noticed after my first post that the slide was feeling very notchy. It turns out that the ejector was too tall and was rubbing up against the frame. I filed the ejector down and now the slide moves smoothly. Could this have caused my issue?

For sure.

You are sometimes mixing up extractor and ejector, and it gets confusing; I'm assuming you mean extractor.
The ejector is the long spring in the side of the receiver extension, and does not have a "spring" it is its own spring.

[rhuff]

Originally Posted by DonVoigt

For sure.

You are sometimes mixing up extractor and ejector, and it gets confusing; I'm assuming you mean extractor.

I wondered if it was only me that was getting confused about this thread's terminology(It is getting much easier these days to confuse me).

[kurusu]

OK. Let's get this thing done.

Extractor. A numbered part uses a spring for tension.

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Ejector. Not numbered, it is a spring in itself.

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This started wrong when the OP wrote he replaced the "ejector" spring. That thing doesn't exist. So I assume he meant "extractor" spring.

Later he wrote the ejector broke. And here I believe he really meant it. Ejectors break quite often.