SW1911 external extractor adjustment

Hi Guys, thanks for the reply, I just stumbled on this thread again through doing another variation on the search for my issue.

I have emailed S&W, I did not know whether they did have someone here, thank you for that information! I'm going to have to look a bit harder at their website, I missed it. I will definitely follow up Grycol directly or the dealer I bought it from if they won't deal direct. (I know they don't deal direct with sales.)

Thank you for the suggestion of testing where the brass actually is most likely to be let go. I have actually tested this by putting an dummy I have made in the action with the recoil spring out, racking the slide back (not too far to hit the extractor) and dis-assembling. I even was able to move it further down with it seeming like it would never let go.

It is bizarre - any scenario I can think of that would cause it has at least one flaw that seems to make it an impossibility.



Hey just one strange thing - on the S&W site I (just now) found ONE of the Grycol listings that you kindly replied with here, the Alexandria one, but not the other one - were they on the same page? - http://www.smith-wesson.com/webapp/..._750051_757827_-1_757814_757812_image#Pacific


Again, thank you for your replies!
 
If anyone is wondering / interested - Grycol's armorer was out of town last week, I will be calling back this week.

The guy I spoke to did raise a good point, I only shoot reloads, shot a half box of factory stuff I had left over when I got it, and from then on (1500 rounds or so) have been reloads.

I have noticed on a couple of the failed-extraction cases that they were squeaky clean on the outside whereas the rest of them are sooty. This has me thinking maybe they have too much pressure when the barrel is unlocked and the extractor is trying to pull it out. There is a noticeable dent on the INSIDE of the rim, where the extractor pulls on the case, dented it, and slipped off.

I just am a little in awe that the slide is getting enough momentum from the small amount of movement whilst the barrel is still locked together, for the extractor to dent the case, slip off, and for the slide to go back far enough to fully cock the hammer and (try to) feed the next round!

I will be starting to test that theory this weekend with some reduced loads.
 
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