Round not consistently extracting

[mestguy182]

Originally Posted by rhuff

When you have your extractor installed in the breechblock, does it move up and down freely when you apply pressure to the claw? It should be under stiff spring pressure, but it still should move smoothly and freely. I am wondering if there is extractor binding and the claw is not fully engaging the extractor groove of the casehead. I have to ask if you cleaned out the extractor bed before installing the new extractor. That area can surely accumulate a lot of crud and lead to malfunction!! I am just thinking out loud.

Thanks for the input. The extractor does move freely and smoothly, I'm actually wondering if it moves a little too freely, but I tested with the extractor spring that came with the gun and the Wolff one and they feel about the same to me, I even tried stretching the spring out but that didn't make much difference.

I did indeed clean out the channel for the extractor, it did have some gunk it that I had to spray down and get out with a pick tool.