Big sharps drawing is missing the angled cut for the

by John K., Saturday, December 15, 2012, 18:10 (4363 days ago) @ Hoot

extractor. Made me go check both of mine and that angled cut is definitely there - extractor clearance as it runs up and out the top of the action. Appears the Borchardt's extractor is at the 3 o'clock position and it doesn't have the lever like the 1874.

Checked my 1885 and it is at 6 o'clock and no angle cut that I can see. Never had one off to know for sure. Browning 1885s are supposed to be .935"x20tpi. Whatever that is, it is coarser than 20tpi. Would help if we knew how that extractor cut indexed relative to the rear sight dovetail.

I wonder if that barrrel originally came off something else; those V threads shouldn't have such flat tops unless it was "made to fit" something else.