Bond Arms | Why Do Some Barrels Have Extractors and Not Others?

Why Do Some Barrels Have Extractors and Not Others?

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Some barrels that we manufacture do not have extractors because the ammunition is "rimless".

Common calibers which are rimless are calibers that were developed to primarily be used in semiautomatic pistols. These include 9mm, .45ACP, 10mm, .40 S&W, .380ACP and more.

When there is no rim, an extractor has nothing to "grab", and the user removes the cartidge by gently prying it from the barrel using the gap that we engineer in place of the extractor.
This gap also functions as a loaded-barrel indicator as the rounds are clearly visible when loaded.

***Please note that Bond Arms is beginning to move away from featuring an external extractor on all rimmed-ammunition models of Barrels***

Rimmed ammunition can still be removed from an extractorless barrel by using the built-in gap and accessing the rim by a fingernail, spent case, knife or something similar.