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Post by NButler on Jul 2, 2004 14:38:28 GMT -5
www.paraord.com/pages/products.htmlthis looks pretty amazing. the article i read about shows a lot of promise. all new paras will have this feature. seems like the company is putting a lot of faith into this new system.
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Post by "DoubleAction" on Jul 2, 2004 18:48:34 GMT -5
Nastybutler; I went to the Para website to see if their new extractor was the same as the Aftec spring tensioned internal extractor, but it did not give much info. The Aftec is a drop in option to the standard internal extractor for the 1911s, it's tension is maintained by the use of springs. www.rushusa.com/html/products/aftec.html |
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Post by NButler on Jul 6, 2004 17:50:27 GMT -5
i can't find the article online, but it is on the newstand. it very well may be the same system you brought up DA. The article said they did the following:
"He took a prduction barrel and scored the chamber so that a case would invariably stick in the chamber when fireed. If the Power Extractor couldn't get the case out of that scored chamber, it should slip over the rim or, worse, simply break. But time after time the Power Extractor either tore the entire case in half or ripped out a huge chunk of the rim. Given an impossible task, the Power Extractor never quit trying, tearing the heck out of cases. When a proper barrel was reinstalled, the Power Extractor went back to work, happlily extracting fired cases of any pressure level and tossing them out of the gun. I know of at least two big-name pistolsmiths who are looking for a way to install the system in their own guns. By any standard its a breakthrough innovation."
The extractor is described as:
"Para-Ordnance president and designer Ted Szabo has developed a 'Power Extractor' to solve these problems [with the 1911 extractor]. the Power Extractor is two pieces of steel held together by an integral notch and recess. Between the two pieces is a coil spring and plunger. when they're mounted in the slide, the two pieces remain straight because of the pressure of the walls of the tunnel in which they fit.....The smaller, forward pieces has the extractor hook machined into its end. Properly mounted in the extractor tunnel, the two sections are aligned straight, but there is enough room for the forward piece to flex slightly against the coil spring. The Power Extractor hook is 50 percent larger than normal to get a better bit on the rim. Also the hook is at a 94-degree angle rather than the usual 90-degrees."
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Post by "DoubleAction" on Jul 6, 2004 20:23:30 GMT -5
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