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S&W Model 39-2 owners. Ever had an extractor break?

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Owners only please - just trying to get a feel for actual failures. Not "my brother's sister's uncle's cousin had a extractor melt down into a puddle of slag..."

How many of you have had to replace the extractor on your S&W Model 39-2?

Also thanks to those who gave all for this country...

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I have had no failures with my 39-2. It prefers ball ammo. Even some of the other 39 series guns never had an extractor break. JGLSprings did your uncles mother son tell you they were all bad?
 
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Interesting question posed but may be worth mentioning that the dash-2 engineering change specifically addressed the extractor itself.

I have three Model 39's, one is a no-dash with the old-style extractor and the other two are dash-2 Models. I also have a pair of 52-2's which run similar extractors. Of those pistols, I have had to do extractor work on two of them.

Seems to me that treating the extractor properly helps (not slamming the extractor hook OVER case heads. Otherwise, a new coil spring under the extractor is low in cost but not the easiest spring to replace.

To the subject, S&W build, shipped and sold well over 400,000 of these pistols. It's a fine bet that most of them work. ;)
 
Interesting question posed but may be worth mentioning that the dash-2 engineering change specifically addressed the extractor itself.

I have three Model 39's, one is a no-dash with the old-style extractor and the other two are dash-2 Models. I also have a pair of 52-2's which run similar extractors. Of those pistols, I have had to do extractor work on two of them.

Seems to me that treating the extractor properly helps (not slamming the extractor hook OVER case heads. Otherwise, a new coil spring under the extractor is low in cost but not the easiest spring to replace.

To the subject, S&W build, shipped and sold well over 400,000 of these pistols. It's a fine bet that most of them work.
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Sevens,

Thanks for the reply, I'm currently waiting for a "new to me" Model 39-2 to be delivered next week. I've been chasing one for a long time as this is a replacement for one the "got away" when I was first married and out of money. :cool:

The only complaint I read about the 39's is the extractor and this poll it just an attempt to get a feel for real owners vs "internet lore". And since that was a long time ago and I had to sell the early on, I never had any problems with it. Of course that was long, long ago - in a life far, far away.

Did you have to replace the extractors or just the springs?

Thanks for replying and have a great weekend!
 
Like Sevens said, the -2 was the fix for the extractor issue. So by getting a -2 vs a no dash, you are addressing the issue.

That said, I love my -2, it is a great shooter and carries/conceals very well.

I think it's time to park the fnp9 and carry the -2 and extra mag...:D
 
Isn't exactly unusual to need to replace an extractor and/or its spring on any firearm.
"...I've been chasing one for a long time..." Needing an extractor wouldn't be an issue. $28.05 from Gunparts if you need one.
 
Never had to replace an extractor on the 39-2s I had, but did experience extraction issues. The probably three or four 39-2s I had, all purchased new, were not the most reliable pistols around. The original wide spring steel extractor on a co-worker's 39 no-dash did break. Back then the part was available and I replaced it for him.
 
I've had three M39 pistols. The first, a M39, was TRASHED by 5M rounds of Canadien issue hardball but the extractor never EVER failed.
The second was a M39-2 also with nearly 5M rounds though it with out ANY problems. I traded it for an extra special BR.HP that tripled my money shortly thereafter.
The third is a M39-2 from 1971 that has NEVER spent a day unloaded since then and shoots like a dream.
WHY do people like you worry about such things? TELL ME how many you've seen fail.....
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I've had three M39 pistols. The first, a M39, was TRASHED by 5M rounds of Canadien issue hardball but the extractor never EVER failed.
The second was a M39-2 also with nearly 5M rounds though it with out ANY problems. I traded it for an extra special BR.HP that tripled my money shortly thereafter.
The third is a M39-2 from 1971 that has NEVER spent a day unloaded since then and shoots like a dream.
WHY do people like you worry about such things? TELL ME how many you've seen fail.....
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I guess this forum isn't a place where someone who is excited about a new purchase can post a conversation starter to talk about their new gun.

Moderator - please close this thread.
 
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