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  1. 18th December 2013, 00:45 #51
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    Quote Originally Posted by SMMAssociates View Post
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    [...] If you've got a standard extractor Brownells has a tool (about $8 but you can make your own) that is used to basically bash the hook end of the thing to get it out. Just a piece of steel rod with a cutout on the end to sort of fit around the hook a litle bit.

    You'd think that would be hard on the extractor, but if it's not really solid, it shouldn't hurt.

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    Zombie thread.... That post was in 2007 ....

    However, I think the tool was under $10 when I bought it. Really handy to have one, though. Somewhere along the line, though, they raised the price.

    IMHO, still handy at $30-ish, but I don't think I'd have bought more than one.

    The short end is just right for popping firing pin stops (and firing pins) out of the slide, and the long end can help push an extractor out. An ordinary punch may not line up well enough, but the bend on this one helps.

    Seems to me I have a second one in the gun tools box in the trunk of the car - I've been known to take new ones to the range before I got 'em home .

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    Big Blue wins this weeks "zombie" award. As an alternative to the pricey Brownell's version, there is this one from 10-8 performance that is about 8 bucks and does the same thing.
    http://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-to...prod26727.aspx
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    I'm not sure you can bash the extractor with that $8 tool.... Otherwise, though, it ought to work. The steel one certainly does....

    (But $30? I don't think I'd have gone for that at the time.)

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    Quote Originally Posted by SMMAssociates View Post
    I'm not sure you can bash the extractor with that $8 tool.... Otherwise, though, it ought to work. The steel one certainly does....
    Stu, it works quite well for that, and doesn't mar up the finish like a steel tool will. The thicker chisel edge is stiff enough to push the claw past the breechface, then once it's clear, pry on the other end in the FPS slot and the extractor pops right out.
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    garrettwc:

    I'll bow to your experience.... Or go buy one .... I think there's a spare $30 tool in the toolbox in the car, but it wasn't $30 then, either ....

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    Quote Originally Posted by SMMAssociates View Post
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    I'll bow to your experience....
    No need for a full bow. A simple curtsy will do.

    Seriously, we all learn from each other. Happy to share. Thanks and have a good one.
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