Ken, I have here a single shot Stevens .410. The extractor broke and the customer brought the broken extractor in and I ordered one from Numrich. Gave it to the customer and they installed it. They called back and said that it would not eject the cartridge. Had them bring it in. The problem is the extractor is a little short and it by passes the lip on the cartridge. Either I was sent the wrong part or the extractor is worn. Looks like the wrong part. Oh yeah the customer threw away the old extractor. Can I fit this part? I need to raise it up a few thousands. The only thing I can do is take some off the top of the bottom of the part of the extractor where it goes in behind the spring to raise it up. Or can it be TIG welded and then fit?
The part can be TIG welded and fit up. Too bad the old part was thrown away, as often the original parts can be re-built, now you have to fix the existing one. Just cause the part you were sent doesn’t fit and work correctly doesn’t mean it is the wrong part, remember….THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A DROP IN PART. I know you have heard this before, parts are not perfect, even the drop in parts will drop in and sometimes they work they just don’t work correctly. You are going to be a gunsmith. You must make the part work correctly. Good luck and let us know how things are going.
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Got it build up and fitted. Tested it out about 25 times and seems to be just fine. Gave it back to customer, hope it works good for him.
