How difficult is a hammer replacement

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Kevin77
October 30, 2009, 02:59 PM
I have a Taurus PT1911 and I would like to take off the locking hammer and associated crap so that I can pu on a .22 conversion in the future. I have regular hand tools and I can follow written instructions and schematics but I have never done anything more than field strip any gun. Is a hammer replacement too difficult?
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gyvel
November 2, 2009, 02:04 AM
Can you explain what you mean by "locking hammer and associated crap?"

The PT 1911 is a Colt 1911 copy and replacing hammers is a pretty simple job, but I don't know what you mean by "locking hammer."
Deus Machina
November 2, 2009, 02:15 AM
That would be Taurus'--ahem--wonderful little 'child safety' lock.

In a few of them, it's a little allen screw in the hammer that presses it too far back to strike the firing pin and locks it from moving back.
gyvel
November 2, 2009, 10:16 AM
That would be Taurus'--ahem--wonderful little 'child safety' lock.

In a few of them, it's a little allen screw in the hammer that presses it too far back to strike the firing pin and locks it from moving back.

I see; Thanks for that info. I actually have no experience with a PT 1911. And now I'm wondering if other 1911 parts will work in one.
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