What is the Difference Between an Extractor and Ejector?

What does an extractor and an ejector do? What is the difference? 👍DEALS AT CROSSBREED HOLSTERS! Get the Most Comfortable Holster you will ever wear!! https://alnk.to/hsyhdGF (Crossbreed Holsters Affiliate Link) ⬇️Products Used in the Video are Listed Below. These two terms are often confused by new gun owners. They have a similar goal but are two very different components in a handgun. The extractor's job is to pull or extract the empty brass casing from a fired cartridge out of the chamber. The ejector can then throw or eject the casing out of the gun through the ejection port. A quick tutorial on what an extractor does, where it is, and how it works. Extractors and ejectors are shown in several modern semi-automatic pistols and an AR-15. ************************************************************** 👉Best Selling Gun Holsters! See Them HERE! https://alnk.to/biwPAaW (We The People Holsters Affiliate Link) *************************************************************** Check out the entire channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@davesgunchannel See the Gun Blog: https://kydexowbholsters.com/gun-blog Time codes: 0:00 Intro 0:30 What is an Extractor, and how it works 1:00 How the ejector works 1:13 Examples of different extractors and ejectors in modern guns 1:58 Where the ejector is located 2:28 How the extractor grabs the brass 3:00 Demonstration of brass being extracted and ejected 3:50 Slow motion Extraction & Ejection 4:03 AR-15 Extractor & Ejector locations 4:54 how an AR-15 Extracts & Ejects brass This channel and all content within is created & owned by Reynom Media, LLC