04 October 2010, 19:35
ROSCOEBroke my weatherby extractor yesterday.....
Just my luck….leaving for a hunt in a few weeks and the thing broke in my garage while checking hand loads for fit and function. I guess in the scheme of things, it’s better that it broke here rather than in the elk woods…should have time to fix it now. The folks at weatherby were great and said they would get a replacement in the mail ASAP.
Looking at the broken part I am amazed at how small and apparently delicate the extractor mechanism is. They must be tougher than they look because I don’t see many people complaining about them breaking.
04 October 2010, 22:52
TailgunnerWell, look at the bright side, you now have a few weeks to purchase a reliable rifle, and oft the Weatherby on some poor unsuspecting gunshop as a trade-in.
Ya, I have first hand experance with Weatherby quality AND customer service.
05 October 2010, 03:40
AfricanHunterquote:
Originally posted by ROSCOE:
Just my luck….leaving for a hunt in a few weeks and the thing broke in my garage while checking hand loads for fit and function. I guess in the scheme of things, it’s better that it broke here rather than in the elk woods…should have time to fix it now. The folks at weatherby were great and said they would get a replacement in the mail ASAP.
Looking at the broken part I am amazed at how small and apparently delicate the extractor mechanism is. They must be tougher than they look because I don’t see many people complaining about them breaking.
Away back when I broke one in my .378 on the third shot. Roy sent a new one pronto. Then in '73 Tom Burgess rebuilt it to .416 Rigby and made a new extractor out of truck spring material.. Never another problem. I had several other Weatherbys over the years and never had any other problems on them.