UZI extractor failure

[ferndog1]

I recently fired my pre-May full-size IMI UZI with my spare (new) FN bolt and extractor.
After a mag or two, I started to experience failures to eject and discovered the extractor broke in two at the center.
I have experienced broken extractors before, but they usually break at the end that engages the cartridge rim.

Anyone experience a similar breakage?

Does anyone have a source for new IMI extractors?

 

[Jtm35a2]

I think McKay advertises their extractors as imi

 

[mike]

I’ve had a sear break, but never an extractor.

 

[Slowmo]

Are you sure it is a real Uzi extractor? For a while there were some out of spec ones on the market that were too long and got rammed with each shot. Which made them want to bend in the middle.

 

[ferndog1]

I'm pretty sure it was an original. I have had most of those parts for a long, long time.

I have heard of those aftermarket extractors. Thanks for your input.

 

[ferndog1]

I think McKay advertises their extractors as imi

Their website does say at the bottom IMI manufacture, but above in the specs it says McKay mfg..??
The ones I got from McKay have a more pronounced curve than my known IMI originals.

 

[ferndog1]

Are you sure it is a real Uzi extractor? For a while there were some out of spec ones on the market that were too long and got rammed with each shot. Which made them want to bend in the middle.

I stand corrected, after looking closer at the alignment mark at the rear of the failed extractor; it is an out-of-spec part.
As I mentioned, I have had the extractors for a long time, and have no idea where I got them, possibly at Knob Creek from SARCO.

 

[Slowmo]

I stand corrected, after looking closer at the alignment mark at the rear of the failed extractor; it is an out-of-spec part.
As I mentioned, I have had the extractors for a long time, and have no idea where I got them, possibly at Knob Creek from SARCO.

The ones I have came from SARCO, but I think I had one show up in a bolt from Numrich once.

 

[ScottinTexas]

This is going to happen for a long, long time. A lot of these are sitting in backup parts boxes and have yet to prove themselves unworthy.

There should be a permanent sticky on this Forum titled “Bogus extractors: how to identify and where they came from”.

A flood of these came from Sarco in 2023?….yours might be earlier?

 

[root]

Complete bolt with extractor 119.95 + shipping & tax so in PA closer to 140.00 after all the tax/shipping fees but at least you kknow it is a izzy IMI extractor.

https://www.apexgunparts.com/uzi-full-auto-bolt-complete-9mm-good.html

 

[Vector Arms]

We have Newly Manufactured Extractors which are machined to IMI specifications.
Contact us at directblowback@gmail.com if you are interested in some or any other parts, springs, magazines, furniture or accessories

 

[StenAtopia]

We have Newly Manufactured Extractors which are machined to IMI specifications.
Contact us at directblowback@gmail.com if you are interested in some or any other parts, springs, magazines, furniture or accessories

I have some of yours. They fit perfect and work fantastic. Thanks

 

[Dirk Hawthorne]

Complete bolt with extractor 119.95 + shipping & tax so in PA closer to 140.00 after all the tax/shipping fees but at least you kknow it is a izzy IMI extractor.

https://www.apexgunparts.com/uzi-full-auto-bolt-complete-9mm-good.html

I wonder if it's a good idea to buy an extractor that is in a bolt.

The extractor is a spring, and springs experience deformation over time. Who knows how long those extractors have been sitting in the bolt?

I had an extractor that I purchased in a nice minty IMI bolt and it was about half as bent as a new extractor. I had to replace it.

Plus those bolts look pretty crusty, I wonder if the extractors are freckled.

 

[Samuel_Hoggson]

An installed SMG extractor is not under much resting tension. And it's relatively overbuilt. Suspect there was something wrong with ferndog's extractor, right out of the gate.

All my spare extractors are installed in parts kit bolts. No idea how many years they've been installed, or round counts, but see no need to remove them. I've never had one break.