As some of you know, for the past 10 years I have been producing various models of sight pushers, as well as lock delete plugs for s&w revolvers.
I had an inquiry a couple of weeks ago from a gentleman in Virginia who wanted to know if any of my sight pushers could be adapted to remove the extractor pin on a M 39. I told him that I didn’t have a 39 any more, but I did have a couple of third generation slides I could work with. One was a 5904 that had the extractor intact. I did some measuring and determined that I needed a wire size 46 push pin. After receiving some pins and a drill bit from MC, I proceeded to drill a jackscrew and install a pin.
Next, I gathered up the slide and a Mk lll prototype pusher and figured out how to get it lined up with the pin. Once I figured out how I wanted to do the set up, it took less than 10 seconds to press the pin out far enough to remove the extractor.
I took the extractor out and looked at it and then put it back in place. I used a C clamp to hold pressure on the spring while I tapped the pin back in with a small hammer. Once the pin got close to the rail I put the slide back in the pusher and used a 1/8” push pin to completely seat the pin.
I’m trying to gauge how much interest there might be in such a product. If you already have one of my pushers, this would be a relatively low cost accessory for it. Gonna try to load some pictures.
I had an inquiry a couple of weeks ago from a gentleman in Virginia who wanted to know if any of my sight pushers could be adapted to remove the extractor pin on a M 39. I told him that I didn’t have a 39 any more, but I did have a couple of third generation slides I could work with. One was a 5904 that had the extractor intact. I did some measuring and determined that I needed a wire size 46 push pin. After receiving some pins and a drill bit from MC, I proceeded to drill a jackscrew and install a pin.
Next, I gathered up the slide and a Mk lll prototype pusher and figured out how to get it lined up with the pin. Once I figured out how I wanted to do the set up, it took less than 10 seconds to press the pin out far enough to remove the extractor.
I took the extractor out and looked at it and then put it back in place. I used a C clamp to hold pressure on the spring while I tapped the pin back in with a small hammer. Once the pin got close to the rail I put the slide back in the pusher and used a 1/8” push pin to completely seat the pin.
I’m trying to gauge how much interest there might be in such a product. If you already have one of my pushers, this would be a relatively low cost accessory for it. Gonna try to load some pictures.
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