M1885 Remington Lee extractor

[old tanker]

Closer inspection of the Remington Lee discloses a broken extractor. The tip and hook are broken off. Does anyone have a one for an 1885 Navy model they are willing to part with?

Failing that, it may be worth attempting a weld repair and re-hardening the piece. Any advice from anyone who has done it would be greatly appreciated. Pictures are of the broken extractor, its failure to engage the rim of .45-70 brass. Last is a picture of an unbroken one with the missing bit highlighted in red.

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[Daan Kemp]

Might be worth it to investigate having a new one made.

[steveu]

I have searched for a spare extractor and failed to find one.

[old tanker]

Going to attempt a weld repair. Some dimensions would be very helpful. I found this picture of an unbroken extractor. Rather than try to scale it from the picture, does anyone have an unbroken extractor they can measure? What is the distance from the front of the lug to the back of the claw?

[BVZ24]

I can get for you that in a couple of hours.

[BVZ24]

My example is .45-70.
I seem to have misplaced my nice dial calipers. The one I found only goes to 64ths, and ends up at 19/64ths, or .2968
In an effort to use the wrong tool for the right job, I used automotive feeler gauges and added them together. I used two separate gauges and ended up with .289 and .291

If I find my nice calipers I'll update you. Always better to make the gap smaller so it can be widened if needed.