22 conversion kits

[ithacaartist]

I'll get to the PM in a moment, didn't notice it at the top. The reason I came back to the thread this time is to comment further about your kit's extractor. And a dinar is still $0.001, I hope!

It has the same system of staying in place as it does in the KGP series by Erma. Several of mine have thrown their extractors during use--or simply arrived without them. The latest was replaced upon the pistol's arrival and was gone at the end of the first test mag. I've been puzzling over just what, mechanically, is going on to cause this. It's not 100% the design because some throw the extractors and many do not. One difference I can see is for the potential for tolerances to add up with bad results in the way the breech block, with the extractor's tip leading the way on the journey to battery, might go awry. The extractor's tip must clear the notch in the receiver, and I'm wondering if there is enough play of 1)the breech block within the upper and 2) the extractor within its slot in the breech block, for the extractor to be offset enough in relation to the extractor cut to jam into it when the action is slamming back home. My plan is to relieve--very slightly--the sharp corners on the front of the extractor on the worst offender I have, then test, test, test, to become confident one way or the other as to the results of the "adjustment". To be on the safe side, I might shoot from within a big cardboard box to keep the flying parts around where I can find them. A backyard range with grass is anathema to finding spent brass, let alone a tiny piece of blued steel.