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VQ Exact Extractor question.

Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 4:19 pm
by chadflys
I see many who have done this modification. Can someone please explain reasoning for this? My 25 year old MKII seems to work fine. Will there be a day I need this MOD???

Thanks,

Chad

Re: VQ Exact Extractor question.

Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 5:22 pm
by bearandoldman
chadflys wrote:I see many who have done this modification. Can someone please explain reasoning for this? My 25 year old MKII seems to work fine. Will there be a day I need this MOD???

Thanks,

Chad
The VQ extractor is laser cut and not stamped and is just a little higher quality part with closer tolerance and clean sharp edges. Remember if it ain't brok, maybe it really don't need to be fixed. :)

Thanks for the answer....

Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 6:36 pm
by chadflys
Are you Bear or Oldman? Again Thanks, I've read lots of other advise and information you have shared with other....Your appreciated here!

Chad

Re: Thanks for the answer....

Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 6:39 pm
by bearandoldman
chadflys wrote:Are you Bear or Oldman? Again Thanks, I've read lots of other advise and information you have shared with other....Your appreciated here!

Chad
Chad look at our picture again and think it out, what do you think. Bear is the good looking one.

HA...

Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 1:03 pm
by chadflys
That shiney gold hair is very good lookin!

Chad

Re: HA...

Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 1:45 pm
by bearandoldman
chadflys wrote:That shiney gold hair is very good lookin!

Chad
WooooOOOOooooF, you got any dog cookies? My head is shiny too but it ain't hair. If you ask Ma she will probably tell that Bear is the better behave one also. OM, here.

Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 5:21 pm
by Bullseye
You may not ever have to replace that extractor. Not everyone experiences extraction problems with the factory extractor. The OEM one does wear faster than a VQ extractor. The VQ is a higher quality metal that lasts a good long time. Don't replace your factory extractor if it's working fine. But if you start experiencing failures to eject, then a VQ extractor is a very inexpensive way to get everything running fine again.

R,
Bullseye

Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 5:30 pm
by bearandoldman
Bullseye wrote:You may not ever have to replace that extractor. Not everyone experiences extraction problems with the factory extractor. The OEM one does wear faster than a VQ extractor. The VQ is a higher quality metal that lasts a good long time. Don't replace your factory extractor if it's working fine. But if you start experiencing failures to eject, then a VQ extractor is a very inexpensive way to get everything running fine again.

R,
Bullseye
Riiiiiight, if it ain't broke, don't even think about fixing it. :) :)

Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 6:17 pm
by greener
My failures to eject have always been related to cleanliness. If I had the problem I'd first do a good cleaning and light lube. If it persisted across all types of ammo, I'd be in the market for the VQ extractor.

I have two MKIII's I bought new and 2 MKII's I bought used. All have the OEM extractors and none have FTE problems when reasonably clean. The VQ extractor looks like an inexpensive, quick fix if you do have problems that can't readily be assigned to something else.

Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 6:25 pm
by bearandoldman
greener wrote:My failures to eject have always been related to cleanliness. If I had the problem I'd first do a good cleaning and light lube. If it persisted across all types of ammo, I'd be in the market for the VQ extractor.

I have two MKIII's I bought new and 2 MKII's I bought used. All have the OEM extractors and none have FTE problems when reasonably clean. The VQ extractor looks like an inexpensive, quick fix if you do have problems that can't readily be assigned to something else.
Changed a couple of mine but not sure they really needed it. Took one out of one of the 22/45's and put it in one of my 10/22's I was having a problem with and the problem was solved. Right now I am really not sure which guns have stock or which ones have the VQ because everything is working.

Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 5:22 pm
by neo223
Hello guys,
Do you also change the extractor spring when changing the extractor? My MKIII has over 6,000 rounds and I am starting to get failure to eject problems every thirty or so rounds.

Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 5:52 pm
by bearandoldman
neo223 wrote:Hello guys,
Do you also change the extractor spring when changing the extractor? My MKIII has over 6,000 rounds and I am starting to get failure to eject problems every thirty or so rounds.
Not sure about the spring, for some reason I am thinking the spring thst comes with is is for a 10/22?????????

Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 7:26 pm
by smokey
I have a brand new one in the pack waiting to be installed. It says "Use factory spring for Markll & Marklll".

Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 7:49 pm
by bearandoldman
smokey wrote:I have a brand new one in the pack waiting to be installed. It says "Use factory spring for Markll & Marklll".
That's what i thought, just trying to remember when I put mine in a few years ago.
the extractor is the same for the 10/22 and the Mark pistols, just makes sense to use a part you already have instead of designing and tooling up for another one. The spring with the extractor is for the 10/22 and may be a little longer, Bullsye will know.

Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 6:52 am
by Bullseye
I guess the big question is did you already change the factory extractor for a VQ one or is your stock extractor wearing out? The spring provided inside the VQ package is for the 10/22. But some of the packages come with just a VQ extractor hook and no spring. However you get it leave the factory extractor plunger spring installed.

R,
Bullseye