Hi-Power safety problem

[ghettofab]

Hello all,
I've purchased a Charles Daly Hi-Power and am quite pleased with the gun, except for the safety. When I press the trigger AFTER cocking the hammer and engaging the safety, there is a palpable "click" in the trigger and the hammer creeps forward a millimeter or so. Upon further examination, I can see the edge of the sear protruding over the hammer hook. The hammer doesn't fall and no amount of pushing or whacking of the hammer makes it do so. My question is, is this gun safe to carry cocked and locked? I know the Hi-Power has enormous hammer hooks, but this has shaken me some. Do I need fit a new safety to the gun? Maybe a new hammer(don't like the ring hammer and want to switch to a spur)? Thanks all and sorry for the long post.

 

[BBBBill]

...When I press the trigger AFTER cocking the hammer and engaging the safety, there is a palpable "click" in the trigger and the hammer creeps forward a millimeter or so. ..I can see the edge of the sear protruding over the hammer hook. The hammer doesn't fall and no amount of pushing or whacking of the hammer makes it do so. ...is this gun safe to carry cocked and locked? I know the Hi-Power has enormous hammer hooks... Do I need fit a new safety to the gun?...

Conventional wisdom says refit/replace the safety. Certainly with a gun that has had the engagement surfaces reduced as in a trigger job. For a gun that has the "mil spec" engagement surfaces, a little movement was acceptible if not desireable. I find that the HiPower is less tolerant of that than a 1911. Something to do with the camming angles. You say that it won't fall. Is that after "pushing or whacking" or pulling the trigger with the safety engaged, then disengaging the safety? If so, you are most likely safe, but a knowledgeable smith needs to look at the engagement to ensure that there is enough there to prevent hammer follow. The safety can be refit with a spot of weld and carefull filing to completely block the sear from movement. If you want a new hammer, then the safety would need to be refit/replaced anyway.

 

[ghettofab]

thanks bbbill

the hammer only falls if the trigger is pressed after the safety is disengaged. I think its safe enough, but I just wanted to ask.

 

[Jim K]

If the gun is new, I would return it to be repaired. If it is used, I suspect the previous owner messed with the sear/hammer to "improve" the trigger pull. Either way, it should NOT do what it does.

Jim