Converting Ejector Gun to Extractor
 

Finding ejector gun parts is difficult when something breaks. I have a shooter grade VHE that needs both the right and left extractors. Is there any issue with conversion of an ejector gun to extractor by using a one piece extractor? Thanks

Ed:
If the ejector blades of your gun are missing entirely, then replacement with a solid extractor of the proper gauge size should be little problem aside from some careful fitting. Also, be sure your ejector box trips are non-functional.

Best, Kensal

Won't that also require filing the ejector control (cocking?) knob off the joint roll?

NO !! That's the only thing that activates the extractor. Or cocks the ejectors if an ejector gun.

Best, Kensal

I am in need of a right ejector hammer for my VHE. 12. Willing to buy left too incase
JIM.........

Kensal, I probably used the wrong terminology to describe the lower projection from the joint roll that's set into the frame, but there is a knob there on ejector models that will prevent an extractor forend from fitting onto the ejector gun's frame. I only suspect this because I have an ejector Parker that suffered the loss of the original forend, which was previously replaced with an extractor forend. That knob had been ground completely off, and it functioned as an extractor, but when my gunsmith fitted an ejector forend to the frame, the ejectors didn't work due to the absence of the knob. He welded a replacement knob onto the joint roll, and the ejectors work fine now. At least, that was my deduction. Perhaps there was some other reason why that knob had to be filed off when the replacement extractor forend was fitted to the ejector frame. I don't know. Presumably, the ejector control rods attached to the hammers which protrude through the front of the frame would also need to be removed during the conversion, as they were in my gun.

Jim, if you have a hammer ejector that is cracked or broken you can have it repaired to good as new at a fraction of the cost of replacement by Jack or Cole Haugh--father/son gunsmiths in Milan, Indiana. I had one break a few years ago, had Jack repair it and it has functioned perfectly for thousands of rounds since the repair. Google 'em up.