Depending on the style, it can serve as a Loaded Chamber Indicator (which is something they never seem to realize in the states that require those).stash wrote:I have wondered - are there any advantages to an external extractor? I kinda like the clean looks of a slide with a internal extractor, except the Glock which looks good the way it is. Did not mean to take this off topic but that was the first thing my eyes were drawn too on the picture posted.
(And yes, I know I'm replying to an old post.)