OUT OF STOCK Smith Shop Winchester 1897/97 Left Extractor
$74.95
OUT OF STOCK A replacement left extractor for all Winchester 1897s and ‘97s. As with all parts in these old guns, these may require a little fitting. One of the three parts that determine whether your ’97 will eject empties. Replacement should be part of your annual ‘97 maintenance. A product of the Smith Shop. We believe these to be the only reliable 97 left extractors on the market. Others, that we have used in the past, are no longer of their original quality.
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OUT OF STOCK Yes, this is an expensive part. It seems the prices of everything has gone up lately, but this is a very good extractor and perhaps you get what you pay for. There is a cheap one on the market (I believe made by casting) that can SOMETIMES be made to sort of work with about an hour of a good gunsmith’s time, but it still works very poorly – if at all. There is another expensive extractor on the market and I’ve used both. This Smith Shop extractor is definitely preferred over the other. You have to use very fine equipment to measure the difference between the two – but the difference is there in several areas – including the metal used. The Smith Shop seems, to me, to be easier to fit and seems to function more reliably for a longer period. I also had a small part in the final testing and design modification of the Smith Shop extractor, so this is the one I use. Testing your 97’s left extractor and ejection problems:
- If the tail of the left extractor is broken off, that makes diagnosis easy.
- Touch the front of the extractor and try to wiggle it in and out. If it wiggles, it is bad. You should not be able to move it at all with the tip of your finger.
- Also look at the Ejector Spring from inside the receiver. The tip of the spring should be all the way forward in the hole it pokes through. They are cheap and should be replaced periodically anyway. The very early guns (1893s) had only an ejector block and did not have and ejector spring and hulls just sort of dribbled out. Note that Winchester’s solution was to just drill a hole through the side of the receiver and mount a spring with a screw from the outside 🙂 .
- The Ejector Block, inside the receiver, that sits to the rear of the ejector spring hole, sometimes falls out and the gun won’t eject. Look and make certain it is still there.
- Over the top of the front end of the extractor is a thin, flat “wing” that extends from the body of the breech bolt. This “wing” sometimes breaks off or cracks. Use a magnifying lens to look for a crack right along the base of the “wing” at the body of the breech bolt. For some reason, if this “wing” is missing, broken, or cracked, you will not get the best ejection. If your breech bolt has the described “wing” problem, you need another breech bolt, although, I have added metal (weld) and re-machined some.
- The right extractor sits against a plunger and spring. That plunger and plunger hole and spring need to be clean and lightly oiled. Sometimes they are badly scared and need to be replaced.
- Extraction and ejection in a 97 is a balancing act between the left extractor, the right extractor, and the ejector spring.