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Posted: 8/12/2005 10:39:24 AM EDT
This is common, I have heard. Mine broke at the milled out area on the extractor and from that point forward, is completely missing. Funny thing is the gun kept running fairly well after it happened.
Oly tells me that they no longer mill the outside of the extractor, but mill a recess in the bolt carrier and this no longer happens. I have to send in my complete upper for the repair. I was just hoping they would send me an extractor.......  Gotta do without this toy for a while.FYI, it took at least 5000 rounds for this to happen, no Wolf ammo involved. |
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Posted: 8/12/2005 3:57:55 PM EDT
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My Oly extractor broke on a 45 upper. I have no idea how many rounds it had fired before the break. I sent my bolt in and they fixed it for me.
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Posted: 8/13/2005 9:18:41 PM EDT
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If in fact they have changed thier extractor and are no longer cutting it in half with the spring hole, this would solve one of Oly's two weak points, now if the new spring material for the ejector is reliable and no longer breaks then it would be a great unit.
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Posted: 9/2/2005 4:00:44 PM EDT
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Well, I called Oly today. My bolt did have the latest revision. They said the extractor must have caught on something and that it was probably not set up right from the factory.
I call BS on that. I think it would have taken less than 5000 rounds for that to show up. It doesn't take an engineer (I am one) to know that the thing broke right at the counterbore for the extractor spring for a reason. They even argued with me when I ordered a spare extractor and spring. I ain't complaining, there is an easy fix for this, they just have to change a couple parts. As long as I get at least another 5000 from the new part, I will be pleased. I also ordered a spare extractor and spring for my .45 upper. |
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Posted: 9/2/2005 8:18:46 PM EDT
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Yea aren't they a hoot to deal with? So did your original extractor break where the drilled a spring recess into the extractor or not? If they recessed the spring into the carrier this weakening would not be needed. That is where they always broke. One thing to check is in the chamber there is an extractor cut out on the ejection port side, this can fill with carbon/gunk and put inward pressure on the extractor when the bolt closes, make sure this carbon/gunk is picked/cleaned out.
Also once in a while a cartridge missfeed can happen and the extractor can hit on a mischamered cartridge and snap it right off where they drilled out the extractor. If they are still drilling the extractor then there is no upgrade. |
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Posted: 9/7/2005 4:03:53 PM EDT
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The carrier is relieved, but the extractor is still bored for the spring and that is precisely where it broke.
 At least the repair was free and I won't have to ship the entire upper back if it happens again. 
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Posted: 9/14/2005 11:04:24 PM EDT
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On the unit I had I got really tired of the broken extractors, you can fasion an extractor out of a std. .223 extractor. Cut it short right behind the pivot pin position, drill the relief hole in the extractor, basically weaken it yourself, and grind ever so little off the front of the extractor hook so it is flush with the front of the bolt. Make yourself a couple spares then when it breaks you can pop in a new one ready to go.
In the end I got totally tired of these breaking, I milled the extractor recess in the bolt back so a sull extractor would fit, This aligned the original spring hole exactly across from the cam pin that holds the bolt in place, but does not cam in the 9mm, I ground the cam pin to a taper so that as I inserted it, it tensioned the extractor pin against the extractor. It never caused a problem again and now the unit took std. .223 extractors. |
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Posted: 9/21/2005 12:13:39 PM EDT
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9/21 and they still haven't returned it.....
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Posted: 9/21/2005 7:56:53 PM EDT
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Perhaps if you post your story on the dedicated Olympic Arms user forums website you might get some response.
www.oa2.org/forums/index.php?sid=91f688c10b13d7a23863563838baed4f |
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Posted: 9/26/2005 11:46:21 AM EDT
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Do you have a photo on the sull and your mod? I did get my PCR9 upper back Thursday 9-22. It runs again. I ordered a couple spare extractors, but they are pricey, $38 for two. I had to fit one of them, the pivot pin would not insert. |
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Posted: 9/29/2005 12:42:52 AM EDT
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I do not know what Sull is, I probably intended to type Full, but I did it with a std. .223 extractor.
No pictures, I sold the Oly upper when I got my FFL because then I could get Colt LEOnly 9mm mags for $25 each, so went with the Colt system. |
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Posted: 9/29/2005 1:05:36 AM EDT
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Most likely one fashioned from an already hardened extractor then cut down and refinished.
Common with a blowback. |
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