What is the Difference Between an Extractor and Ejector?

What does an extractor and an ejector do? What is the difference?

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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.

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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

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