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I'm really enjoying shooting my Sig 226 E2. 0 issues so far (with the gun!). Waiting (apparently forever....) for dealer transfer for a Ruger Mk3 22/45 wood panel .22 for cheap practice.

I've spent the last couple of months slowly falling into some sort of weird obsession with .45acp 1911's. Really enjoyed shooting a high quality one during my probie shoots. Like the look, fit and feel. I'm doing as much research as I can on multiple websites. I'm not buying for at least a year. My question is I see most with internal extractors and a few with external extractors (eg. Sig and S+W). Among the 1911 crowd whats the feeling about extractor location and why?

Thanks
 
I have had 1911's for many years. I have never had a problem with a stock ( internal )
extractor.

My opinion is that SIG wants to retain their look with an external extractor & S&W's look nice with theirs . So many companies are making 1911 style pistols that some just want to be a little different & distinct.

Internal, external. IMO take your pick.
 
The origional works. If it was designed today, nobody would bother, as the now common external pivoting extractor is in most cases a wiser choice. The old style works well, but in high use or less than ideal conditions, isn't as tolerant as the external design. Many IPSC shooters have adopted the Aftec brand extractor to eliminate or better manage the percieved weaknesses.
 
Keep in mind too, that internal extractor can be changed without a gunsmith and without any tools right on the range. They are very inexpensive and it's a good idea to have one spare (tuned for the gun of course)in your range bag.

:cheers: Kazimier
 
Larry Vickers pointed to the internal extractor as one of the 1911's design weaknesses, the only problem (if you want to call it that) with the external extractor guns is that they tend to come with firing pin block safeties (either series 80 or Swartz). Given that you'd have to work very hard indeed to get a 1911 with an inertial firing pin to fire by dropping it, they are basically a whole bunch of parts looking for a problem to solve, or cause.
 
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