Yondering Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 (edited) Is it common for these Tanfos to require an extra power extractor spring? My fairly new Stock 2 is tuned for minor loads and works well for me (9 lb Wolf recoil spring, PD 15.5 hammer spring, Titan hammer, etc), however I let a friend shoot it recently with some factory-equivalent loads and it failed to extract a number of rounds with either of us shooting it. This wasn't a partial extraction failure, the fired case would remain in the chamber with the extractor obviously jumping over the rim. The extractor appears to be undamaged and moves freely with good spring tension, but I ordered an extra power spring and will be going through the extractor parts and polishing everything as well. I'll make sure the "hook" angle on the extractor is correct as well, maybe I got a bad one that's angled wrong? I never had extraction issues with my .45 or 10mm Witness pistols, but they weren't tuned for minor loads either. Just wondering if you guys have experienced this as well? Edited August 2, 2019 by Yondering Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polymer Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 Yep, most require extra power extractor spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstange Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 15 hours ago, Yondering said: Stock 2 [...] failed to extract a number of rounds Had the same issue. Extra power extractor springs did not help. What did help is filing off about 0.1 mm from extractor foot (the shiny surface that the red arrow points to): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polymer Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 56 minutes ago, lstange said: filing off about 0.1 mm from extractor foot Yes! I know Apolo mentioned the same thing on tuning extractor for 9 major. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yondering Posted August 4, 2019 Author Share Posted August 4, 2019 Thanks guys, good info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yagi Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 There are some brass cases which are a lot smaller than others. Back in the when i was shooting a ton of factory. you will notice RP brass are smaller the WIN, SPEER, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HesedTech Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 How old is your TF? All of mine (9 and 40) are less than 5 years old and, knock on wood, I have had zero extraction issues after (10s of) thousands of rounds with stock extractor springs. You could have gotten a weak spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yondering Posted August 28, 2019 Author Share Posted August 28, 2019 Bought it new a few months ago. I installed an extra power extractor spring from PD a few weeks ago after the initial feedback in this thread; it seems to be working fine now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdp88 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 I used the regular spring on both of mine and never had any issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firerain Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 yes, you need the extra power spring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tedahlenius85 Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 A little tip regarding extractor springs. Instead of buying a xtra power one, you can also cut a few coils off a mag button spring an put it inside the stock extractor one. Double spring so to speak. Works great for adding extra power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent #1911 Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 (edited) what I noticed with these guns is the extractor track gets really gunk'd up really fast and hinders the movement of the extractor if neglected. I am using factory extractor spring without any ejection issues. I do use a small drop of thin oil on top, bottom and close to the extractor pin. this loosens up the gunk and kind of "self cleans". I do this every after shooting session and no ejection issues so far. this is the thin oil that I use. dont go crazy and put too much, it can end up in the firing pin channel. Edited November 13, 2019 by Agent #1911 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yondering Posted November 13, 2019 Author Share Posted November 13, 2019 Guys, I reported back in August that an extra power extractor spring fixed this issue. The thread got revived by someone trying to bump their post count, but I haven't had any further extraction issues with my pistol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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