Always shied away from external ejectors on 1911s. Something just felt wrong....thoughts? Pros, Cons???
I just cant get into them. Cheaper to make for the manufacturer...supposedly more reliable but Ive not had the issues with 1911s that people give them **** for.
U mean extractors? I'm not a 1911 fan so I guess I have never heard of a external eject-ee-cator
Internal extractors all the way.
Sig and S&W really have EEs down and inherently it's a more reliable design. Nothing wrong with the IEs either. So it doesn't matter if you go with either of them now. Although previously, Kimber tried the EE route, had 4 redesigns and then went back to internal. S&W had an initial poor design that sat too high on the rim and then redesigned it with the E-series extractor.
Hard to go wrong with either EE or IE so long as you don't buy one of the older S&Ws or Kimbers, the new models work great.
Hard to go wrong with either EE or IE so long as you don't buy one of the older S&Ws or Kimbers, the new models work great.
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I've got a couple of each type, and they seem to be equally reliable. The EE doesn't bother me looks-wise, and the giant one on my E-Series Smith looks like it will survive the Apocalypse.
I will say, I've never heard of anyone needing to "tune" and external extractor though. Plus, JMB himself put one on the Hi Power.
I will say, I've never heard of anyone needing to "tune" and external extractor though. Plus, JMB himself put one on the Hi Power.
So I'm not sure if I'm making this up or am recalling correctly (for Hi Powers, total tangent).
Original design had external extractor, but the contract required an internal one so thats what they made from the 30s to 60s, at which point they went to the external extractor as originally designed.
Original design had external extractor, but the contract required an internal one so thats what they made from the 30s to 60s, at which point they went to the external extractor as originally designed.
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Yep, that is what I meant, drove to Ponca and back shot about half a million rounds in the sun, my brain failed me... lol
This is my understanding as well.
Yeah so those E-series ones..... looks like it's near impossible for that thing to miss the rim.
