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Posted: 8/1/2002 8:25:46 AM EDT
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How important is a broken shell extractor to a set of bench tools/range bag/bob? Anyone have experience with any of them? they work? Looking at buying the 5.56 and 7.62x51 tools from TAPCO. $5 for the 5.56 and $10 for the 7.62. TIA |
| They are totally, completely, utterly useless--until you need one. When you have a case break, where the base/rim is ejected, leaving the front 2/3rds in the chamber, you are screwed--until you locate/use a broken shell extractor. It is quite rare, but when it happens you need one to put the rifle back in service. I have .223, 7.62X39 and .30--still need .50 BMG. Incidently, I have never had to use any of them. They do work, or so I'm told. |
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