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Fitting an ejector - how hard can it be ?

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Thought this might be kinda interesting for some of you guys here . First of all this is on a mouse gun (everything smaller than a 45 is a mouse cal.) . Using EGW oversize ejector , George makes great parts they are always dead nuts and the one time I thought they weren't he was on the phone with me (turns out I bent a pin ) .
The ejector must be tight to the frame heres what I do - I've done it everyway imaginable but have pretty good results with this method . Take a .062 gage pin and find the hole , looking for the slightest deflection on the pin . It takes a little time .

Then chuck up a stub drill bit 135 degree point and go slow!!



Just go through the leg and not much more then the retainer pin should go I even chuck it up and start it down the hole before leaving the setup.

Change set up and start to mill the block ejector to fill the slide using the slide as a gage and white paper with correct lighting kinda a poor mans comparator . We want the ejector to look nice when we blend the slide and frame but more important we want all the material we can get to meet the cartridge head .


I try to get the slide to go most of the way and finish by hand .







Of course here's one of my "kreations " soon to be patented EFF. ejector fitting fixture




the length will have to cut . I always feel like I go just a tad too much and you can see in the last pic what usually happens when I run a file on small parts - it gets round - look at the nose - but most of that will trim off .

Is it worth the time and effort compared to just throwing in an off the shelf ejector? To me it is , what do guys think?

Thanks for looking ,
Kirk
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Psst. That's not an extractor. You might find that's an ejector.
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Fitting an extractor - how hard can it be ?


Well two out of two of my last Dan Wessons had misfit extractors in them.

Brand new and the guns were single shot weapons at the range.

I got them both running will with new extractors that were fit properly. Zero help from DW.



So to answer the question: it must be harder than the people at DW care to attempt.
I won't be bothering them with any more of my business.







Now.....your thread on ejectors is cool.
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Funniest looking extractor I’ve ever seen. 😀
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Funniest looking extractor I’ve ever seen. 😀

Yep.
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🤪 🤪 OK that took a while to edit ............😂 I'm having fun anyway !!
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Psst. That's not an extractor. You might find that's an ejector.
Funniest looking extractor I’ve ever seen. 😀
Hey they're kinda close proximity . 😂 (y)
Sorry but auto correct us not 1911 savi! 😉
I was talking about the clip.

You guys are great!!! 😎😂👍
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Uh-ooooh, he said clip..... this has been funny. Cool what you did, wish I learned how to do machine work. Have an old mill at work they use as a drill press that has been so molested a std length 1/4" drill bit has at least .010 deflection. I can hear bits singing 30ft away as they're hanging off the handle, insane.
Really nice setup.
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You forgot the tie wrap!!! :cool:

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Psst. That's not an extractor. You might find that's an ejector.
:ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: I read the title and started looking at the pics and thought, "WTF!? He sure is making extractor fitting difficult!" :ROFLMAO:o_O:LOL:
I thought he was fitting what Joe calls the thing!
Of course Cornpop was holding it while it was being drilled!
… Take a .062 gage pin and find the hole , looking for the slightest deflection on the pin. It takes a little time ….
What do you mean by this “slightest deflection”? Can you clarify…

You’re not drilling the ejector leg with the drill centered on the frame pin hole?
What direction is it offset? About how much?

Most importantly… why?

Also, I’m probably going to avoid actually (permanently) installing the pin at this time. Maybe just some blue loctite on the retaining pin. And I’m going to try and avoid staking the plunger tube during test fire, too. I plan to have the frame Black Nitrided when I’m done, so I want to be able to pull out the extractor and ejector before treatment.
What do you mean by this “slightest deflection”? Can you clarify…

You’re not drilling the ejector leg with the drill centered on the frame pin hole?
What direction is it offset? About how much?

Most importantly… why?

Also, I’m probably going to avoid actually (permanently) installing the pin at this time. Maybe just some blue loctite on the retaining pin. And I’m going to try and avoid staking the plunger tube during test fire, too. I plan to have the frame Black Nitrided when I’m done, so I want to be able to pull out the extractor and ejector before treatment.
Drill center of hole , yes.
Deflection would not be centered.
I have found some left hand stub length cobalt with 135 degree point bits which helps even more .

Kirk
I guess I’m feeling extra dense today… why would a LH bit work better than a RH bit?
I guess I’m feeling extra dense today… why would a LH bit work better than a RH bit?
Coriolis effect

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I guess I’m feeling extra dense today… why would a LH bit work better than a RH bit?
Run in a LH bit from the right side it pulls the leg down .
I've had LH bits in the past but they were prone to breaking - the stub length and cobalt helps with that issue .
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Run in a LH bit from the right side it pulls the leg down .
I've had LH bits in the past but they were prone to breaking - the stub length and cobalt helps with that issue .
Clever!

my machine doesn't run in reverse... any issues with using a RH bit coming in from the left side to achieve the same effect?
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