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The MIM extractor on my buddy’s PT1911 broke and he brought it over for some help replacing it.
I came across a Cylinder and Slide series 80 extractor and, having been exceptionally pleased with Cylinder and Slide parts for Ruger single action revolvers, thought we might as well give that a shot.
It goes in fine, needs no tuning, BUT there ain’t no way that it’s going to hold in the firing pin block.
Given that the options were a single shot pistol with a firing pin block, or a repeating pistol without, the block and its tiny spring are in a baggie right now.
What I wonder, and what I hope the collective wisdom here might know, is whether there is:
a) A non-MIM extractor that you’ve found that WILL hold in the Taurus firing pin block.
Or
b) A block designed for series 80 pistols that would fit the PT1911 and be retained by an aftermarket extractor. (Yes, I’m aware that the Taurus system is just “80 like” and not exactly the same, but I’m given to understand that the substantive differences are in the frame.)
While neither of us is overly concerned about the lack of parts in his gun’s slide, neither are we fanatic 1911 purists who reject anything that doesn’t have John Browning’s finger prints all over; and so we’d just as rather see all the holes for parts filled with parts.
Scott
I came across a Cylinder and Slide series 80 extractor and, having been exceptionally pleased with Cylinder and Slide parts for Ruger single action revolvers, thought we might as well give that a shot.
It goes in fine, needs no tuning, BUT there ain’t no way that it’s going to hold in the firing pin block.
Given that the options were a single shot pistol with a firing pin block, or a repeating pistol without, the block and its tiny spring are in a baggie right now.
What I wonder, and what I hope the collective wisdom here might know, is whether there is:
a) A non-MIM extractor that you’ve found that WILL hold in the Taurus firing pin block.
Or
b) A block designed for series 80 pistols that would fit the PT1911 and be retained by an aftermarket extractor. (Yes, I’m aware that the Taurus system is just “80 like” and not exactly the same, but I’m given to understand that the substantive differences are in the frame.)
While neither of us is overly concerned about the lack of parts in his gun’s slide, neither are we fanatic 1911 purists who reject anything that doesn’t have John Browning’s finger prints all over; and so we’d just as rather see all the holes for parts filled with parts.
Scott