Ishapore Enfield extractor spring help

[epwegmann]

Well,
If you couldn't have guessed from the title, she's toast. Thankfully Numrich's has them, unfortunately they have an almost intolerable wait time. Anyone have advice for a more field expedient fix? Or heck, local in San Diego with a couple extras?
Some have said they used a spring from a pen, but for the life of me, I can not get that thing to either stay leveled enough, or not go in compressed to much to function.
I will be ordering a few to keep around, just would like to see if I an get something working in the meantime.
Thanks,
Erik

[Caststeel]

Harware store spring

Assume it is a coil spring. Go to best local hardware store and select a spring that has the wire size you want. Get two or three. You will re-form the spring.
Chuck a drill bit smooth end up in a vice and clamp the spring with needle nose Vise Grips to bit.
Use whatever pliers are needed to grab loose wire and wind it around the bit.
Wind a closed end and cut with side cutters. Grind off burr.
If at first you don't succeed, call it practice.

[dfletcher]

I used a pencil eraser for a while. I think any coil spring that fits will work or can be made to work.

[TKM]

http://www.gunsprings.com/index.cfm?page=items&cID=2&mID=96

[smle-man]

Your rifle needs a pretty stiff spring for the extractor to work. The original is not a coil but a curved flat spring. Just wait and get the correct one plus an extra or two.

[epwegmann]

Thanks for the responses guys. Ended up going with the Wolff ones, see when they get here. A pencil eraser, eh? That's a new level of creativity there!