I recently bought an Astra A-70, used, and took it to the range today. I had a massive problem with it...It failed to extract virtually every spent round. After examining the situation and memorizing the details, I asked the 'smith at the range what he thought, I just wanted to get some other opinions. Here's the situation:
When firing, the slide goes back but the extractor does not grab the spent case. in fact, it rarely, if ever, left any marks on the spent case. The slide would go forward, attempting to take a round off the top of the mag and chamber it, but since the chamber was blocked...
Also, the extractor was loose to the touch, like I could wiggle it back & forth just by touching it. The conclusion we all drew was bad extractor spring. does that sound about right? If anyone needs more detail to make an educated guess, just ask, and if I know, I'll follow up with them.
Thanks in advance,
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-stark-
http://www.23x.com/stark/guns
[This message has been edited by stark (edited August 26, 1999).]
When firing, the slide goes back but the extractor does not grab the spent case. in fact, it rarely, if ever, left any marks on the spent case. The slide would go forward, attempting to take a round off the top of the mag and chamber it, but since the chamber was blocked...
Also, the extractor was loose to the touch, like I could wiggle it back & forth just by touching it. The conclusion we all drew was bad extractor spring. does that sound about right? If anyone needs more detail to make an educated guess, just ask, and if I know, I'll follow up with them.
Thanks in advance,
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-stark-
http://www.23x.com/stark/guns
[This message has been edited by stark (edited August 26, 1999).]