Beretta 686 ejector to extractor mods available??

[Milkmaster]

Is anyone here aware of a common modification that allows for the conversion of the ejectors on a Beretta 686 to be converted to extractors? I don't want anyone grinding on my new shotgun, but I am interested if it only involves part changes like springs and such. If it is a common change, then I bet someone here knows about it. Educate me please.

Update 4/28...
Here is the answer I got from COLE GUNSMITHING.

Jerry,
We will have to modify your forend levers, unfortunately it is not as easy as changing a few parts. the cost for this is approx 45.00 and all we will need your forend only.
Regards,
Kelly

 

[oneounceload]

The SV-10, which is based on the 68X series guns has a simple screw adjustment that a half turn allows you to change it from ejector to extractor

perhaps you should call Rich Cole in Maine - he is THE man on Beretta, from custom guns and stocks to repairs and modifications

 

[Milkmaster]

The SV-10, which is based on the 68X series guns has a simple screw adjustment that a half turn allows you to change it from ejector to extractor

The Remington Spartan 310 my son used also had the selector screw. I thought it was a nice feature. Nothing in the my Beretta manual mentions that feature nor do I find a screw. Thanks for the tip. I will google Rich Cole and try to come up with a phone number or email address.

 

[Jim Watson]

I am not specifically familar with the Beretta but most ejectors have their own springs.*
Take out the springs and you still get extraction by cam action.
I did that to my old Verney Carron SxS for Cowboy, which does not allow ejectors on doubles.

For Trap and Skeet, I soon learned to cup my hand over the breech as I opened the gun to catch the ejected empties.

*Yup, Mr Cole has a parts diagram and there is a spring and plunger behind each extractor. Take that out... maybe he will furnish directions... and you are down to plain extraction.

 

[oneounceload]

Jim, you altered a nice V-C for Cowboy? ARGH, a pox upon you Sir!.. A V-C is way too nice a gun for that..................

 

[Jim Watson]

It is an OLD Verney Carron, much used and later neglected, that came back as war loot to a coworker who had been in the Occupation. I figure he confiscated it from a German who confiscated it from a Frenchman. Zero finish on wood or metal, some roughness in and out; checkering worn about 2/3 down from sheer carrying and handling. All I did to it for CAS was to take out the ejector springs and have the chokes let out to about .006" constriction. I sure did not saw it off into a dadgum coach gun.

 

[Milkmaster]

Here is the answer I got from COLE GUNSMITHING.

Jerry,
We will have to modify your forend levers, unfortunately it is not as easy as changing a few parts. the cost for this is approx 45.00 and all we will need your forend only.
Regards,
Kelly