Anyone ever bob their hammer?
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And you indirectly taught me how to do it on my Model 85. Was a great mod that served me well. THX again chicharrones.
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Dudemeister
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Dude, that looks like a botched circumcision. If you're going to circumcise your gun, do it right
Sistema1927
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I assume that started out as a 4" gun. Looks pretty good. How is ejection with that shortened ejector rod?
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Nope, it was a 6” then shortened to 3 1/2” and then to 1 5/8”. Never really looked at it as a gun you would have time for a reload on be cause of the close distance of it’s practically so I just shot it 3 to 6 feet away and never did any fast reloads. I no longer own this gun as I,be been thinning the herd a bit.
I think the big disadvantage in converting is that if you somehow cock it on a loaded chamber, your safe options are very limited. Resale value as well. If I ever were to do it, I would do a round spurred hammer like a PPK, CZ, or Beretta 92, which would give you all the advantage of a bob, with far fewer disadvantages. I saw an SP101 with that configuration, and it looked really good.
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One of the good things about working in NYC was the availability of reasonably priced designer clothing. I had Armani and Brioni suits that the hammer spur on my Chief Spl. was destroying the linings in, not to mention snagging while being drawn.
A couple of minutes with a grinding wheel and the problem was solved. A little cold blueing finished the job.
I could still shoot single action, thumbing back the remaining hammer.
As far as decocking, once you release the hammer and are holding it back with your thumb, removing your finger from the trigger should eliminate any chance of an accidental discharge.
A couple of minutes with a grinding wheel and the problem was solved. A little cold blueing finished the job.
I could still shoot single action, thumbing back the remaining hammer.
As far as decocking, once you release the hammer and are holding it back with your thumb, removing your finger from the trigger should eliminate any chance of an accidental discharge.
Jim Watson
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That is interesting. A guy here cut the hammer spur off of a Taurus 85 and ran into misfires. He had to search out a stronger mainspring.
Once upon a time, it was usual to checker the top of the bobbed hammer for that purpose. I doubt that easing down the hammer of a cocked revolver was envisioned at the time; if you cocked a hideout gun, you were fixing to make a relatively long shot and no fooling.
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SP-101 I bobbed. And, removed the SA notch. It’s DAO.
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(Dang that guns dusty....bet it still works though
Looks like it's growing fur....
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Looks like it's growing fur....
Winter IS coming up....
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It was a Taurus Model 85UL for me, too.
I ground the spur carefully with a grinder, cooling it off every once in a while as I went.
I left a small rounded lump where the base of the spur had been, to leave more weight on the hammer.
It was snag-free and completely reliable.
My FiL still has it.
I strongly prefer DAO revolvers for carry.
I ground the spur carefully with a grinder, cooling it off every once in a while as I went.
I left a small rounded lump where the base of the spur had been, to leave more weight on the hammer.
It was snag-free and completely reliable.
My FiL still has it.
I strongly prefer DAO revolvers for carry.
Boarhunter
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I thought everyone bobbed the hammer on their CC revolvers....
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Long time ago. Working security. A female Officer I worked with cam to me and said “oh my God, I just dropped my pistol, can you look at it and make sure it’s OK?”
It was a nice old S&W model 10. Seemed fine. Not really a mark on it.
Except, you couldn’t fire it. Couldn’t cock it. No DA. No SA.
Apparently it landed square on the hammer spur and bent it far enough to where it hit the frame before it reached the end of it’s DA travel or cocked.
A:Good job Smith for designing a gun that didn’t kill her.
B: it was my first “semi Bob” job. figured if I tried to bend it back, it would snap off. Just took off enough to where it would clear the frame and still work in her holster. I recall I took quite a bit off. I offered to find and fit another hammer but she said it was fine the way it was. And, actually, it was.
It was a nice old S&W model 10. Seemed fine. Not really a mark on it.
Except, you couldn’t fire it. Couldn’t cock it. No DA. No SA.
Apparently it landed square on the hammer spur and bent it far enough to where it hit the frame before it reached the end of it’s DA travel or cocked.
A:Good job Smith for designing a gun that didn’t kill her.
B: it was my first “semi Bob” job. figured if I tried to bend it back, it would snap off. Just took off enough to where it would clear the frame and still work in her holster. I recall I took quite a bit off. I offered to find and fit another hammer but she said it was fine the way it was. And, actually, it was.
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I cut a Model 85UL .38 Taurus hammer off and had it for a while. My father built an addition on my house and refused to take payment. After he got done doing the addition (I did help BTW) he was telling me he wanted a .38 snub for the house. I brought that Taurus down to his house out in the county and a couple boxes of ammo. We shot about half a box of cast RNFPs out of it and he said he really liked it (he shot it really well too). I handed it to him and told him to keep it.
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