it broke when I tried to remove it, to clean the helix grooves inside the bolt body, and oil the inside of the bolt- so the action would cycle easier. I also have (2) Ross rifle 303's and disassembled them and oiled them earlier this week, and they cycled much easier. When I tried to remove the extractor from the M95M, it broke.
I should have just oiled it through the gas vent holes in the bottom of the bolt. But these typically are sludged up inside and can use a cleaning.
My intuition is telling me, that most of these M95M extractors break when they are removed for cleaning, not from shooting them. The extractor doesn't take the recoil, it just floats in there and goes along for the ride. I learned the hard way, to remove the extractor pry it outward in the thicker middle part, NOT the thin part up near the claw- that's how it broke.
The M95M extractors are obviously are not as tough as a typical Mauser or Enfield or Springfield extractor, I believe the M95M extractors have a metallurgy issue, and are too brittle.
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