"Fits All" P-3AT 1G Extractor Mod

\"Fits All\" P-3AT 1G Extractor Mod

Lots of folks argue with their extractors, getting it to grip a particular brand of ammo properly, to the exclusion of the use of other kinds, often at the cost of affordable, RELIABLE practice (Can't use cheap ammo anymore!).
This is unacceptable!
So... I got tired of the whole mess and assaulted and subdued mine. Now it hauls everything in and out of the chamber with equal aplomb.
My camera is on vacation, but I believe I can describe it well enough:
First the extractor is removed. Now, examine it closely. Just behind the hook on the inside, a small amount is to be filed off, allowing the hook to extend much further into the chamber than before. Newer extractors already have this done very slightly, but still not enough to make an appreciable difference.
A slight obstacle must be overcome, though: usually the extractor will now no longer allow a round to be chambered, since it's too tight against the case to allow the rim to slip into the groove!
Hmmm....
Clipping two coils off the extractor spring solved it.
Now that puppy goes in the groove of anything you can stuff into the mag, and reliably yanks it out and tosses it overboard.
If you decide to try this mod, go slowly on the removal of metal... take off just enough (test-fitting the extractor in place without the pin or spring) to allow it to fit only deep enough to engage the groove on the deepest cases you've got, no further.
I've found that the loss of spring tension really hasn't mattered: the hook fits the groove so much better than before light spring tension almost becomes irrelevant.
Flyer