Anyone ever have a stubborn plunger on their 1911? I'm replacing an extractor and I'm having hell getting it out. Firing pin and spring are out, need the plunger out next and its being a PITA. Don't want to beat on this thing too much but i'd like to get this gun working again.
No its my old Taurus PT1911 again. The factory replaced the extractor a long time ago when it broke the first time. It broke again, so I bought a Wilson Combat extractor 80s model since that's what it is. The damn plunger would not drop out of the bolt not matter what I did. This is why I haven't bought a Taurus in almost 8 years. None of my other 1911s have this problem.
Depress the safety plunger and then push Extractor forward and reverse with a punch until plunger dislodges, remove plunger and then Extractor. This video should help!
You could also blast the specific part with some upside-down compressed air.I'm going to take the slide out of the freezer this morning since weather ruined my range day. I will see what happens. But basically, the thing has been machined to such tight tolerances, at least from what I have fiddled with, that nothing budges without a hammer.
Seems like something must be wrong with the channel for your plunger.