Post by greenstang on Dec 11, 2022 21:01:50 GMT -5
Hello all,
This is my first post on this forum, so apologies if I have breached board etiquette by putting this post in the wrong place or not making an introduction post first.
I have recently acquired an early FN Hi-Power. It is an "A" prefix gun, which I believe means that it was made very soon after the FN factory was liberated and still retains some German characteristics like the lack of a magazine safety. This gun was part of a batch that went to Israel and it has been used hard over the years. Mechanically it looks pretty solid, and it is rust free, but there is very significant finish wear. Doesn't bother me too much, it just means I don't have to feel bad about actually shooting it.
Given that the gun is pretty old and was used hard by the Israelis, I wanted to refresh the springs and thoroughly clean everything before shooting it much. While stripping the slide I ran into an issue where I cannot remove the internal extractor. It comes out about 1/2" and then just stops dead. No amount of rotating, shaking, or pulling will make it budge, it just stops firmly after coming out a little bit. I do not want to force the extractor and possibly break it, because it looks like new ones are tough to find, but I would like to remove it to clean 80 years of grime out of the hole it resides in.
Has anyone ever run into this before? Any advice for how to remove it short of breaking it?
Thanks for reading everyone, hoping someone can help!
This is my first post on this forum, so apologies if I have breached board etiquette by putting this post in the wrong place or not making an introduction post first.
I have recently acquired an early FN Hi-Power. It is an "A" prefix gun, which I believe means that it was made very soon after the FN factory was liberated and still retains some German characteristics like the lack of a magazine safety. This gun was part of a batch that went to Israel and it has been used hard over the years. Mechanically it looks pretty solid, and it is rust free, but there is very significant finish wear. Doesn't bother me too much, it just means I don't have to feel bad about actually shooting it.
Given that the gun is pretty old and was used hard by the Israelis, I wanted to refresh the springs and thoroughly clean everything before shooting it much. While stripping the slide I ran into an issue where I cannot remove the internal extractor. It comes out about 1/2" and then just stops dead. No amount of rotating, shaking, or pulling will make it budge, it just stops firmly after coming out a little bit. I do not want to force the extractor and possibly break it, because it looks like new ones are tough to find, but I would like to remove it to clean 80 years of grime out of the hole it resides in.
Has anyone ever run into this before? Any advice for how to remove it short of breaking it?
Thanks for reading everyone, hoping someone can help!
