2 piece extractor tool

[Slugger]

Is this thing really necessary? I saw it for sale at DSA but I would think the WECSOG graduates here have an alternative.

You do have to remove the extracter to set up and test for headspace right?

[W.E.G.]

At WECSOG the walls are only finished on one side. So, there's lotsa nails sticking through the wall studs. I just take the bolt assembly and engage the little notch on the extractor plunger into one of the stray exposed nail points. Then, I lean into it so as to push the plunger back. The extractor falls into the kitty litter box at the base of the wall, and I carefully release the tension on the compressed plunger. If it slips, the plunger and the spring just fly into the kitty box too.

Good to keep a few extra extractors, plungers and springs around in case one ends up some place where you don't wanna go lookin'.

Might wanna keep a few band-aids too for when you bark your knuckles when the plunger slips off the nail.

That DSA tool works pretty good too...if I could just find it!

[Valknut]

:confused:
pardon my rank newbie-ness, but what is WECSOG?
Sounds akin to baling wire & duct tape engineering, applied with a SWAG.

[Slugger]

Ahhhhh so there is a way . . . .

reminds me of Dumb and dumber when that girl says that the chance of them getting together was like 1 in 100000000000000000000. He then says . . . "so your saying there is a chance"!

[Slugger]

Valknut, your pretty close.

[Kahouna]

Valknut, type it in at www and find out

[Wrangler100]

I have been using WECSOG methods for years, Thanks to Mr. Jeter, I now know by what terminology to refer.

Slugger, I bought the one piece from http://www.bushmaster.com/shopping/fn/default.asp, $19.95, some of the best money I've spent. Even though on occassion I still revert to the old ways (WECSOG), I have NEVER had a plunger spring exit on an unknown trajectory using the right tool. They have decent prices on the go/no go/field gages also.

[Valknut]

:)
OK, got it ...
laughed my ass off. Been doing that for years, myself - used a Dremel to sporterize a Mauser and make a scope mount. Don't think I'll use one on my SA58, though. Nope, no way, uh uh!

[Slugger]

Yeah, I tried and was succesful at the WESCOG method last night. I even did the entire job without launching any parts!

Does that mean I'm accepted to WESCOG Accadamy?

I think I'll go ahead and buy the Bushmaster tool. I have a sick puppy in their shop right now and it will give me an excuse to check on it. Thanks.

-Slugger