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boomer47 wrote:I like everything that moves to be smooth as glass.

yep, this "gunsmithing" seems a lot like the first time I had ***.
I was nervous, I had looked at the pictures but still wasn't sure
how to do it, I couldn't find anyone that would let me watch them,
I didn't want to hurt myself or anyone else, I didn't know what
to do first then second, I wasn't sure what went into where
or which direction to insert, how much lube/oil was enough,
if something was too tight or too loose...
I sure-as-heck knew when I was DONE!!
and after a few times, I kinda got the hang of it.

You have something there. After working on a "gun" til you think you are DONE and don't want to mess with that greasy, smelly thing you were trying to re-chamber anymore you just want to go to sleep.
Then you wake up the next morning wanting to start all over.
Good thing about guns though. You don't lose interest as you grow older.

Loose interest when you get older? I don't understand and You've got to be kidding!

My firing pin works pretty good. We are talking about guns right?

I got 2 failures to fire today out of 250 Win. Super X and none out of 200 Fed. Spitfires using the modified firing pin.
The two Win. did fire with one firing pin strike after I rotated them in the chamber.
Bad priming?

Got out to the range today and had 1 ftf out of 150 Dynapoints, none out of 150 Win. SuperX.
I rotated the one ftf around the chamber 4 times trying to get it fire but no go so I assume the priming was the problem and not the firing pin.
I also fired 30 Eley EPS rounds without a ftf but I think that at $9.95 per box of 50 that I could expect them all to go bang on the first try.
Nothing to do with ftfs but I got to thinking today about ftes. I put a VQ extractor in this Hunter before I fired it the first time so I don't really know how the VQ stacks up against the Ruger extractor but I have not had an ejection problem in a little over 2,800 rounds. Just piles the empties up in a neat little heap.

Boomer as I have 2 P512's one with a VQ and one with a Ruger and have not had any problems with either. Did not use the stiock one in th first gun very long, just thought I had to have one and changed it before I shot it much. Got the second gun and left the sock extractor in it and can not recall a fte in either gun.

I wouldn't recommend replacing a properly functioning stock extractor with the aftermarket VQ just to replace it. I do endorse replacing a worn extractor with the Exact Edge from VQ. Like Bearandoldman I too have a mixture of both in my guns but the VQ is a lot harder and keeps its sharp edge far longer than the stock extractor. If one is experiencing fte's, then this is a simple inexpensive solution that can last up to several hundred thousand rounds - mine has and is still going strong today.

R,
Bullseye

Bullseye,

I agree. My 512 did have a few ftes and the VQ extractor solved the problem.
I decided to put the VQ extractor in my Hunter before the first shot because it worked so well in the 512.
As I said, the Ruger extractor may have worked but after seeing how the VQ did work in the 512 I put the VQ in the Hunter as a precaution. It is still grabbing and throwing so I think it is a keeper.