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Electric Head · November 18, 2011, 04:46 PM

I'm bumping this thread because:

1. I got a SW1911 9mm Pro about four months ago

2. And it has a failure to extract once every time I go to the range, 50, 200, 300 rounds / visit. Strangely it sometimes happens early / after 20 or so, sometimes it happens after 250...

3. I got the gun based on S&W's reputation for their external 1911 extractor, which unfortunately so far has given me more failures than my KIMBER 1911 .22 rimfire's EXTERNAL extractor (which is pretty much flawless).

4. I also can stick a live round under the extractor with the slide off, and the round centered on the firing pin / brass marks and shake the crap out of it and have it stay there nice and happy.

The radius on the bottom of the extractor looks quite big, the Pro series has the large width extractor, but the radius is about 1/3 of the width of it... There is no broken off piece, I can see the tool marks on the radius and the radius is still black like the rest of the extractor.

I'm reluctant to send it back as I'm in Australia and it's no doubt going to be a hassle and take a long time.

November 18, 2011, 04:46 PM	#18
Electric Head Member Join Date: February 18, 2009 Posts: 81	I'm bumping this thread because: 1. I got a SW1911 9mm Pro about four months ago 2. And it has a failure to extract once every time I go to the range, 50, 200, 300 rounds / visit. Strangely it sometimes happens early / after 20 or so, sometimes it happens after 250... 3. I got the gun based on S&W's reputation for their external 1911 extractor, which unfortunately so far has given me more failures than my KIMBER 1911 .22 rimfire's EXTERNAL extractor (which is pretty much flawless). 4. I also can stick a live round under the extractor with the slide off, and the round centered on the firing pin / brass marks and shake the crap out of it and have it stay there nice and happy. The radius on the bottom of the extractor looks quite big, the Pro series has the large width extractor, but the radius is about 1/3 of the width of it... There is no broken off piece, I can see the tool marks on the radius and the radius is still black like the rest of the extractor. I'm reluctant to send it back as I'm in Australia and it's no doubt going to be a hassle and take a long time.