Bauer better but . . .

[Prof Young]

I posted before about my auction bought Bauer 25 cal acp pistol. The mag release latch had a problem and FTL forum member Bill DeShivs helped me fix that one. (Thank you Bill.) Anyway with that problem fixed I'd like to address the fail to eject problem. The gun feeds pretty well, but doesn't eject well. I've greased the rails and keep the innards lightly oiled, but it fails to eject about 80 percent of the time. The empty case comes out of the chamber but does not exit the gun.

It was suggested to me that if I got a baby browning magazine the problem may go away. The mag in the gun has no manufacture id on it so I don't know if it's the original mag or not. You have to pull it out of the gun, it does not drop out.

So, Bauer pistol fails to eject . . . talk to me please.


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Prof Young

[Bill DeShivs]

The firing pin is the ejector. Is it broken?
The extractor or extractor spring is likely your problem.

[Onward Allusion]

+1 on the extractor spring. May also want to check if there's any crud build up on the extractor.

[Prof Young]

Yep, took it apart today and the extractor is broken!

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Prof Young

[Prof Young]

As noted above, the extractor in my Bauer pistol is broken. So I get on line tonight and the two places I can find one (Nunrich and Innovative Industries) are both shut down for the duration. Can't find one at Brownells or anywhere else out there.

So, anyone out there have a Bauer Extractor they would sell me?

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Prof Young

[Bill DeShivs]

Send me your old pieces and I'll make you one.

[Bill DeShivs]

https://www.precisionsmallarms.com/index.php/store#

[Prof Young]

Bill, thanks for the offer. Problem is I only have one of the pieces. The "hook" part on the front end is gone. The gun ran so well when I first got it, I'm thinking it must have broken in my second trip to the range with it. Very small fragment broke off.

Thanks for the link to PSP. I've looked there, but spot on their web site that would allow me to order an extractor doesn't have a pic of that extractor so I'm a touch leery. I e-mail them today so we'll see.

In the mean time . . .

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Prof Young

[Bill DeShivs]

If they can't help you, I have a Bauer here to copy the part from.

[Prof Young]

Thanks Bill.
Truth is I'd rather do business with you, but I had an e-mail exchange with PSA and got the part ordered from them.
Next something breaks on the Bauer, I'll be in touch.
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Prof Young

[JERRYS.]

how does Beretta get their .25s to work without an extractor at all?

[Prof Young]

Jerry -
That's interesting info. I was bidding on a Beretta Jetfire via an on line auction just a few days ago. I didn't pay attention to the end of the auction and lost it.
The Bauer is my first 25acp. Mostly a range toy, but now that I'm shooting 25acp, the more the merrier . . . right? I got the dies and am even reloading the empties.

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Prof Young

[Prof Young]

So, I'm scrolling through some previous posts and look at pics of the Bauer that I posted after the first range session. In that first session I shot 90 rounds with only two jams. Also did a mag dump with no jams. Looking at those pics it appears clear that the extractor was fully intact at that time. This should mean that the new extractor will return the gun to its former working glory. We'll see. Also the chipped corner of the grip has come off fully and been lost. So will need new grips to return it to its former "visual" glory . . . but those little grip replacements are expensive!

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Prof Young

[Bill DeShivs]

You're in luck! A right hand Bauer grip is on Ebay for around $10.
Search "Bauer .25 grip."

[Prof Young]

It was still there and I picked it up. Beats a whole new set of grips which run from 30 to 80 bucks depending on how fancy they are.

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Prof Young

[Bill DeShivs]

You will need to take the escutcheon out of your old grip.
Insert the grip screw from the inside, and tap it out.

[Prof Young]

Bill:

I knew I'd need to move it over but had not thought about how to. Your advice is right on the money.

Will let you know how it goes.

And who'd have thought that little nut had such a fancy name.

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Prof Young

[Bill DeShivs]

I don't think "Bill DeShivs" is fancy.....

Reinstall it the opposite way, being careful that it's straight.

[Prof Young]

LOL!!!!!

Good one.

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Prof Young

[Prof Young]

Originally Posted by Prof Young

... I find it hard to believe this little thing was a carry gun...

When I was college age, some friends of mine got together for a camping expedition. These fellows were not gun people at the time (something that later changed). They were concerned about the possibility of encountering a bear, but one of them had a Bauer .25, so they took that with them just in case.

Feel better now?

[Bill DeShivs]

Here's mine.
https://thefiringline.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=604432

[Unclenick]

Originally Posted by Prof Young

... I find it hard to believe this little thing was a carry gun...

When I was college age, some friends of mine got together for a camping expedition. These fellows were not gun people at the time (something that later changed). They were concerned about the possibility of encountering a bear, but one of them had a Bauer .25 ACP, so they took that with them, just in case.

Feel any better about the .25 as a carry gun now?

[Prof Young]

Uncle Nick:

It's not a real problem for me but why is the above post showing, in its first iteration, as being posted by me?

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Prof Young