What is the trick to getting the claw extractor installed back into the bolt. Getting this fitted back into the extractor band seems impossible. There must be some trick to squeezing extractor band connectors down to gripe the extractor. Any Help??

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Early model Ruger 77 extractor replaced

I'm not sure if this will be any help to you, I watched some of it and he disassembles the bolt. good luck.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCE2i_mwmzc

No trick; they are just like any other claw extractor; squeeze the band, slip the extractor on. Might have to use a vise to compress it, but be careful. Could use vise grips with no teeth....
Just bring it over and we will have it on in 15 seconds.

I just do it by hand.

But :

https://www.brownells.com/tool...lt-extractor-pliers/

Ronco, that youtube video you referenced is excellent and I watched it before I removed my firing pin. But when he is reassembling he goes off camera to get that extractor in place. I understand the process but squeezing the band and getting the extractor in place seems impossible so far.

As dpcd said, squeeze the band in a vice.

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Originally posted by B1878:
Ronco, that youtube video you referenced is excellent and I watched it before I removed my firing pin. But when he is reassembling he goes off camera to get that extractor in place. I understand the process but squeezing the band and getting the extractor in place seems impossible so far.

Take a look at this video, start it about the 17 minute mark, he shows using a pair of pliers. Good luck!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNf1EOhBctY

DO NOT USE PLIERS!!!
You will mar the band or bolt. Send it to me and I'll put it on for you, Less drama that way.

I hope this is obvious and news to nobody at all in the world, but you need to rotate the extractor to the position it would be in with the action closed, not where it would be with the action open. In other words, it must not be in line with the locking lug.

That would be impossible. Totally.

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Originally posted by ronco:

Take a look at this video, start it about the 17 minute mark, he shows using a pair of pliers. Good luck!

No wouldn't want him working on any of my firearms, just look at the fingers with grubby torn old plasters on and his knuckles, on one hand at least, barked up. He is ham fisted and awkward, a good candidate to break something, pinged the extractor on the floor when removing it from the bolt.
I always have an old towel spread on my workbench when working with small parts, stops thing flying or rolling off during disassembly and assembly and protects the finish of firearms etc.

At least the video shows the correct position the extractor needs to be on the bolt to remove and refit it.

Hold the bolt horizontally in your bench vise (with soft jaws) oriented with the band and bolt aligned upwards to put the extractor on, and put a matchstick between the jaw and collar, both sides. This will compress the collar below the bolt body and allow you to get the extractor started. No need to buy the Brownells tool for one time.

That would require 4 hands; When I have a super springy extractor band, I place the bolt/band, in the CORNER of a smooth jawed milling vise. Just the corners touch the band.
Extractors go on easily. But 95% of them only require finger pressure. Remember; Mauser bands are milled, dead steel. Modern bands are spring steel; those are the ones that sometimes cause issues.
Anyway, who uses matches these days?

Thanks for all the input. Ill give it another try tomorrow and let you know.

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Originally posted by dpcd:
That would require 4 hands; ...

Maybe for you.

Thank you again for all the help. This morning was a success. Rone, that second youtube video you suggested was helpful but I was unsuccessful with the careful use of the pliers. ultimately I was able to barely get it started by hand then, as he did, gently tap it into place on the table top. What I learned from this is that I will never remove the extractor on a mauser style rifle again. Thanks guys.

I'm glad you got it back together