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oversized 1911 hammer pin
308plinkerVT
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Anyone happen to be able to share info on oversized hammer (and possibly/probably sear) pins? I have found Cylinder and Slide list them, but I am actually kinda curious if anyone has run across a assortment of sizes kind of package?
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A colossal waste of time: I just hit the Brownell & C&S sites for nada.
In the past/whenever the need for O/S pins arises, I just gauge the holes, add .001" to the SMALLEST minor dia, grab some suitable stock & start turning a replacement. Boom. Done. 5 minutes max.
Screw the jobbers.
Is the pin or hammer dismounting itself (jumping off/out)?
I had some longer links, but no oversized pins.
added. Mine was hunk of steel with the pins in proper relationship but I like the idea of using special pins made to work on the pistol. Nice pic's forgemonkey. People should be able to clearly see the relationship of the working faces on hammer and sear. Wrong angle and the trigger pull is hard or it doesn't stay cocked. Surface hardening isn't all that deep on the parts, if you change them too much/too often the softer material doesn't last.
Triggers are not cocked - hammers are.
Believe that we know the answer, but could you please advise us of EXACTLY what manner of abortion/frame is busting our balls here?
Anyway, yes, when the hammer is manually cocked was what I intended to write, my fingers and brain must have been having a disagreement without my knowledge, ha, ha.
It's not quite so bad as an abortion, (nearly) anything out there with some time, thinking outside the box and patience can be made better.
That said, what I found was a set of oversized EGW pins. As this RIA 9mm with ambi-safety has a "special" pin for sear, I only used the oversize hammer pin (which helped consistency noticeably), shimmed hammer for a tad less rocking, and everything boiled down to a much more satisfying interaction between the owners booger hook and the bang switch with a little more attention to the engagement.
Owners own words: "Nice and smmoooooth".
@charlie - aware of the possibility of surface hardening of things, made sure owner knew as well, we went with "working of" for now, will switch to diff steel parts in future if current/previous depreciates noticeably. Owner just wants to wring out potential as it's a new purchase, and aging hands are giving some issues. So, full circle, current approach was appropriate.
Thanks to all for the various input.