Double-feeds on my 92FS compact

[GardoneVT]

You could try blasting it with Gunscrubber.

Its not going to work. The carbon which builds up in there is so thick I needed a dental pick to scrape out mine.So much carbon had accumulated on the extractor that the claw basically didn't exist anymore.

Gunscrubber,CLP, from the outside ain't gonna cut it.

[JMS]

Is there a way to use solvent to clean behind the extractor without removing the part?

YES.

Getest thee to thy local WalMart automotive section, and pickest thee up a can of NON-CHLORINATED brake cleaner.

Solvent with some ass behind it. Dissolves AND flushes. Blasts into all kinds of nooks/crannies, like striker channels and, say, external extractors. Evaporates fast, doesn't leave behind much of anything, and what it does leave behind can be wiped off. If you don't wipe that off, it still doesn't harm rubber, plastics, metal finishes.

Stuff with chlorine can harm, so look for "non-chlorinated" or "chlorine-free" on the label.

Works on the carbon that gets BAKED onto the components of an M240 without damaging the gun; that stuff's harder than Chinese differential calculus, scraping it was like chipping the edge of a piece of flint to make a Folsom spearpoint. Brake cleaner = trade scrapers for blue paper shop towels.

The stuff found under a pistol extractor is laughable, by comparison.

[45dotACP]

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Here is my extractor before cleaning. Doesn't seemed very caked, but I did scrape off some dirt just to be sure. I'll test fire before ordering a new one.

[45dotACP]

Quick update. Problem solved. I found a big buildup of crud on the breech face under the claw and cleaned it off. 150 trouble free rounds so far (I don't as much as I should) and nary a problem. My accuracy at 25 yards on the other hand....

[fixer]

YES.

Getest thee to thy local WalMart automotive section, and pickest thee up a can of NON-CHLORINATED brake cleaner.

Solvent with some ass behind it. Dissolves AND flushes. Blasts into all kinds of nooks/crannies, like striker channels and, say, external extractors. Evaporates fast, doesn't leave behind much of anything, and what it does leave behind can be wiped off. If you don't wipe that off, it still doesn't harm rubber, plastics, metal finishes.

Stuff with chlorine can harm, so look for "non-chlorinated" or "chlorine-free" on the label.

This is essentially what I started doing also after my first experience seeing the carbon build up on a 92 and PX4 extractor. Every 3-4 cleaning cycles I blast/flush out the extractor area with breakfree powderblast.

I go through the external extractor area and then through the firing pin area. Then I blow it out with compressed air.

I've done this for years and have had no issues.