Hypothetically, f you had to make a small pistol extractor in 9mm for an obscure pistol, what would your choice of steel be? I don't need to just now, but based on my limited reading in the knife hobby, what do you think of:
01 Tool steel, purchase a small cube closest to dimensions as possible
Shape/file it
Heat it up with propane torch until non-magnetic (medium to bright orange ~ 1400 degrees)
Quench in olive oil/Vegetable oil/ATF.
let cool to 150 degrees, Temper at 375-400 for 2 hours in preheated toaster oven
Just hypothetically. I've got an obscure pistol (Bernardelli P-018, or p-One) that parts are limited for. All the good stuff from Numrichs is gone.
The extractor still works as of now, but I've held off on firing it too much because no extractors available.
01 Tool steel, purchase a small cube closest to dimensions as possible
Shape/file it
Heat it up with propane torch until non-magnetic (medium to bright orange ~ 1400 degrees)
Quench in olive oil/Vegetable oil/ATF.
let cool to 150 degrees, Temper at 375-400 for 2 hours in preheated toaster oven
Just hypothetically. I've got an obscure pistol (Bernardelli P-018, or p-One) that parts are limited for. All the good stuff from Numrichs is gone.
The extractor still works as of now, but I've held off on firing it too much because no extractors available.