K frame ejector

[Jersey Doug]

Purchased this used 1969 K frame .22 magnum cylinder. The gear on the extractor seems each cog has been ground on it's left side. I have ten vintage .22 K frame guns and compared it to them and none look the same?

 

[murphydog]

This part was individually fitted to each gun so its appearance will vary; it probably worked fine in its original gun but may not in another.

Fitting/adjusting the extractor "ratchet teeth" was a job reserved for the most experienced and skilled factory workers.

Here is a good description of the mechanics involved:

American Handgunner Timing Is Everything - American Handgunner

 

[Alk8944]

Just for clarity, that is an extractor, not ejector! Revolvers do not have ejectors!

 

[Nomadmax]

Just for clarity, that is an extractor, not ejector! Revolvers do not have ejectors!

S&W revolvers have ejector rods.

 

[Protocall_Design]

The part that pulls the cases out is the extractor. The ejector rod is on the other end.