Similar failure with one of my three Smith 6906s. In this case a chipped extractor that could no longer extract. I bought a lot of spare parts for them when I realized the 6906 had been discontinued. I drifted out the bad extractor and installed a replacement. I’ve had one of them so long that I replaced the tritiums again. Smith Bodyguard 380 in a pocket holster as backup.
normally, I’d repair this myself. But the Springfield EMP is not a standard 1911 and requires proprietary parts and tools. I don’t feel like voiding the warranty, so …. off to Springfield it went
Of course. You’ve gotta do what you’ve gotta do. Another failure I had. I would take my AR to the range and just get whatever ammo was handy because it was stamped 5.56. I took it once and it ran like a top. I took it again and the primers were popping out the back and getting stuck between the BCG and the inside of the receiver. Turns out the upper had been reamed with a .223 chamber and it’s a wonder it didn’t kaboom on me. When I called them they were falling over themselves asking me to return it to them to fix, which I did.
I had an extractor break on my German made X5 Supermatch a year or so ago. I gound out this was a common problem. I also found out that parts for X5s ceased to exist when the Mastershop closed in Germany, so just trying to order a part turned into an international search. I finally sourced the last one from a shop...in Sweden!!
It cost me dearly, about $225 USD, which is preferable to having a $5000 paperweight, and, it's my favorite pistol. I also have an early model X5 L1 that uses the same extractor.
So, i continued to search privately, and ended up sourcing 7 more, at haw dropping prices. But, if one ever breaks again, I have all the X5 extractors left in the world 😂.
I have failed in such explanations to my wife to justify having twelve backups. I’ll keep trying but will stay away from thirteen.
12 seems reasonable
Always have a backup, and a backup to the backup. Always had a .38 snub in an ankle holster in case the big boy choked.
Tools break. Always have a plan.
Similar failure with one of my three Smith 6906s. In this case a chipped extractor that could no longer extract. I bought a lot of spare parts for them when I realized the 6906 had been discontinued. I drifted out the bad extractor and installed a replacement. I’ve had one of them so long that I replaced the tritiums again. Smith Bodyguard 380 in a pocket holster as backup.
normally, I’d repair this myself. But the Springfield EMP is not a standard 1911 and requires proprietary parts and tools. I don’t feel like voiding the warranty, so …. off to Springfield it went
Of course. You’ve gotta do what you’ve gotta do. Another failure I had. I would take my AR to the range and just get whatever ammo was handy because it was stamped 5.56. I took it once and it ran like a top. I took it again and the primers were popping out the back and getting stuck between the BCG and the inside of the receiver. Turns out the upper had been reamed with a .223 chamber and it’s a wonder it didn’t kaboom on me. When I called them they were falling over themselves asking me to return it to them to fix, which I did.
Ooof, that's no good.
I had an extractor break on my German made X5 Supermatch a year or so ago. I gound out this was a common problem. I also found out that parts for X5s ceased to exist when the Mastershop closed in Germany, so just trying to order a part turned into an international search. I finally sourced the last one from a shop...in Sweden!!
It cost me dearly, about $225 USD, which is preferable to having a $5000 paperweight, and, it's my favorite pistol. I also have an early model X5 L1 that uses the same extractor.
So, i continued to search privately, and ended up sourcing 7 more, at haw dropping prices. But, if one ever breaks again, I have all the X5 extractors left in the world 😂.
It's always good to have spare parts.