[hiredhand]

Now that you mention it...your right about the ejector being inside a tube. I didn't think about that. I'm looking at a Colt Series 80 here and it seems as though perhaps it might be possible to somehow bend the ejector outwards and still get the pistol to lock into battery, but not permit the ejector to get a good grip on the groove. I don't think it was the ammo...NOT simply because we loaded it, but more because he supplied us with brand NEW components.

The Series 80 I mentioned had to have the plunger tube restaked, as well as the front sight! That was almost 10 years ago now though and I've put several thousand rounds through it...and it's all still tight....er, well...the front sight and plunger tube at least! :-)

[yarddog]

No, it is not in a tube, is rides inside a narrow groove cut in the slide. It is the extractor which fits in a tube. That might be the part which is bent tho I have managed to break everyone I tried to rebend.

[yarddog]

Once when trying to bend the ejector on an Auto Ordinance in which the extractor was literally loose in a new gun, I broke it in two with the first hammer strike. I braised the two parts back together at a slight angle. To my surprise it worked perfectly.

I bought a new Colt extractor and kept it in case of breakage. I then later sold it and the new owner kept it in too. He told me it never gave any more trouble. I later had another Auto Ordinance it 10mm and it was clear to me that they had done a better job on it. Fit, function and looks were better that the .45