Sako Extractor

If you have to stop and hammer on your bolt you are in trouble regardless of the type of extractor. If one is really worried about dangerous game they should carry two double rifles and use a gun bearer. :D

Claw extractors have been around a long time. That is part of the reason for their popularity... and they are not perfect either.

I won't argue that the old design of the Mauser claw extractor if properly fitted is an excellent extractor. It is normal for them not to close over a shell already in the chamber, and the alteration commonly done so it will close weakens it slightly. But I have seen the tip break off and fail, usually due to a poor alteration and I have also seen them pull over a stuck shell. and leave it in the chamber.

I feel the pre-64 Winchester Model 70 extractor is the best designed claw out there.

The 700 extractor verus the claw extractor will always be debated..... forever.. It doesn't much matter.
 
while on the subject of extractors I'd like to ask the gunsmith's here for thier opinion of the Win 70 push feed/Savage 110 type extractor. Are there many repairs and replacements of this type? Seems to me that this is a very good design.
 
I've seen the odd broken one. Not common. The 70 uses a little spring loaded cone to move the extractor laterally, the Savage a ball bearing. Occasionally in a badly neglected rifle these will seize up.
As far as the use of brute force goes, I've seen more Mauser and Remington bolt handles broken because of rust forming in the bolt plug threads. The remington bolt is often repairable, the Mauser seldom. I've seen extractors of all makes rip through case rims, including Mausers. Have seen Mauser extractors with their lips broken off too. A badly maintained rifle, coupled with a rough chamber and plain brute force can result in failures, no matter what the make or model.
 
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Rembo said:
while on the subject of extractors I'd like to ask the gunsmith's here for thier opinion of the Win 70 push feed/Savage 110 type extractor. Are there many repairs and replacements of this type? Seems to me that this is a very good design.
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I have seen a few that were poorly made... whether they were a casting or stamping I'm not sure but a new factory replacement fixed it.

Really there are not many problems with factory commercial extractors.... and I think the biggest problem with military 98 extractors is the alterations that are done to them.

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guntech said:
If you have to stop and hammer on your bolt you are in trouble regardless of the type of extractor. If one is really worried about dangerous game they should carry two double rifles and use a gun bearer. :D
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Good One:)
 
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