Internal or External Ejector on 1911?

[ConstitutionCowboy]

There is sort of a mechanical genius/simplicity/ballet of parts the way JMB designed the 1911. One piece holds in the next and that one holds in the next then the last piece slips in place and it is secured in place by the firing pin and firing pin return spring that went in just before it. Can't do that with an external extractor.

Woody

 

[tomthebaker]

I had an EE break before.

 

[Defcon Shooter]

i will own no 1911 with external extractor.

 

[D. Hargrove]

i will own no 1911 with external extractor.

THIS ^^^ is a very common opine I am finding and a large part of why I asked the question. Had a Sig 1911 in 200? with a EE and it broke during the break in period of the gun. Sig made it right, but I have had it stuck in my head since that EE is bad. The S&W with the EE seems to have one heck of a following so now the water gets even muddier for me.

 

[JD8]

THIS ^^^ is a very common opine I am finding and a large part of why I asked the question. Had a Sig 1911 in 200? with a EE and it broke during the break in period of the gun. Sig made it right, but I have had it stuck in my head since that EE is bad. The S&W with the EE seems to have one heck of a following so now the water gets even muddier for me.

Well Glock = perfection.... and Glock uses them.

 

[D. Hargrove]

Well Glock = perfection.... and Glock uses them.

I was actually waiting for this from one of you smart butts!! lol

 

[druryj]

Tamper NOT with the most magnificent of designs of John Moses Browning, nor criticize same, unless your Job Title is also Greatest Firearms Design Genius to Have Ever Lived. If a 1911 pistol was to have an external extractor, JMB would have designed it so.




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[adamsredlines]

Tamper NOT with the most magnificent of designs of John Moses Browning, nor criticize same, unless your Job Title is also Greatest Firearms Design Genius to Have Ever Lived. If a 1911 pistol was to have an external extractor, JMB would have designed it so.




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[Zaphod Beeblebrox]

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.

You know, you are right. I completely forgot about the original internal extractor models.

 

[JD8]

Some of you boys need to do some homework on JMB....