Romanian Tt-33

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Having failure to eject issues with my TT-33. I've owned it for several years and had issues in the past with factory ammo (PPU) started reloading and made up a test load with 5.8 grains unique under a xtp 90 grain HP. Fed fine, good accuracy but 2 of the 10 did not eject. Any ideas?
 
If factory and handloads both have issues I would say time to replace the extractor. Sarco should have the part.
 
Problem is, try as I might I cannot budge the extractor pin. Looks like it is maybe soldered in at the top. Thought of trying to file the top of the pin off with the understanding that it would require refinshing the slide after completing.
 
Let me say I am not familiar with the TT. But, I would try soaking it in Kroil, heating it, or , or even drilling it out on a heavy drill-press before I would file it. Do you have it clamped solidly, to where it can not move, with the proper size punch?
 
I seem to recall I had to drive mine out from the bottom of the slide using a 1/16" pin punch. Overnight with some penetrating oil won't hurt, some heat might help too as an expansion contraction cycle might break it loose.

If its just started doing this and had been reliable for a long time, check your firing pin return spring as it needs to retract as soon as the hammer is removed from it as the slide starts back as it protrudes and could push the empty forward before it hits the ejector if the spring hasn't retracted it, inertia recoil will want to keep it forward. In a pinch a 1911 firing pin spring can be used, although you may need to cut a turn or two off to make sure the firing pin can move fully forward.

The ejector is part of the "feed rails" on the hammer group on the left side, see if that "step" is broken or rounded off.
 
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