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hodaka · November 22, 2013, 09:11 AM

My spring arrived yesterday from Midway and I just got back from the range. I believe the problem is solved. Two boxes of rapid fire rounds without a single failure. Ejection is about 15 ft. to 3-4 o'clock. Much further than before. The old spring measured 0.308 and the new one is 0.338 and you can easily feel the difference with extractor tension.

It seems that the extractor on a P7 serves as a loaded chamber indicator and keeping a round in the chamber slightly compresses this spring. Since the pistol usually lives in my desk with a round in the chamber, I believe that has unnecessarily contributed to a limited lifespan of the spring. Going forward I will only chamber a round when I'm carrying it. In any case, it is a very inexpensive repair and something to keep in mind if you own one of these pistols. Thanks for all of the suggestions and I hope this helps someone.

November 22, 2013, 09:11 AM	#13
hodaka Senior Member Join Date: April 23, 2006 Location: South Texas Posts: 2,010	Range trip success My spring arrived yesterday from Midway and I just got back from the range. I believe the problem is solved. Two boxes of rapid fire rounds without a single failure. Ejection is about 15 ft. to 3-4 o'clock. Much further than before. The old spring measured 0.308 and the new one is 0.338 and you can easily feel the difference with extractor tension. It seems that the extractor on a P7 serves as a loaded chamber indicator and keeping a round in the chamber slightly compresses this spring. Since the pistol usually lives in my desk with a round in the chamber, I believe that has unnecessarily contributed to a limited lifespan of the spring. Going forward I will only chamber a round when I'm carrying it. In any case, it is a very inexpensive repair and something to keep in mind if you own one of these pistols. Thanks for all of the suggestions and I hope this helps someone.