Tisas Zig 1911 Beaver Tail

[burley]

More like beaver tooth! That grip safety chews me up every time.

I bought 2 guns and 10 mags and wanted to shoot them. The problem is, while the one gun I've shot runs fine, a few mags in and I say, UNCLE, I'm bleedin'!

Any ideas, hints, suggestions, commands or even help will be appreciated, so thanks for looking and happy shooting.

 

[Kp321]

Several choices. Commander hammer would give some clearance. A drop in beavertail would be better, a fitted beavertail with commander hammer is the ultimate fix but also the most expensive and requires a reblue after the frame is modified.
Alternatively, a strip of adhesive tape or even duct tape across the web of the hand keeps it from biting.

 

[burley]

I like duct tape fixes, but I'd like to hand this gun to my lady friend and not have to tape her hand.

 

[gunsablazin]

I had a GI 1911 that always gave me a bad case of "hammer bite" . I disassembled the pistol, and ground a small bit of metal off the back off the hammer spur, and cleaned the job up with a bit of hand file work, a little cold blue, and there you go. No more hammer bite, and cost is practically nothing. I do much prefer the fitted beavertail, and commander hammer route, but if money is an issue there you have a simple fix.

 

[rcmodel]

I have clamped the hammer in a smooth-jaw vice to serve as a heat sink.
Then heated the hammer spur red and bent it up just a little.

Not even noticeable, but they don't bite anymore.

Filing or grinding works too.

rc

 

[BBBBill]

First you have to determine whether you have actual hammer bite or are simply being nipped by the edges of the grip safety. If the grip safety edges are sharp, they can be softened with a file and sandpaper as little or as much as you want. For hammer bite, as noted above, you can heat and bend the spur, shorten it by 2 or 3 serrations, file the underside of the spur in back, or a combination those to eliminate the bite.

 

[burley]

Yes, I think sharp edges on the grip safety are nibbling at the thumb/forefinger webbing. Simple fix; profile it down with a file, man.
OK, I'll do just that and get back in a week to post my results. Thanks for all the help!