Winchester 37 hammer extension

ddhotbot

is there a hammer extension made for the small hammer 37? I have a 12 ga 37 that is really hard to cock, I want to put an extension on it to get more leverage. thanks

260

it might be possible to use one made for the H&R handi-rifles. possibly work with small amount of file work.

62fuelie

Would one of the ones used on Marlin lever guns work? They are a cylinder with a cut out that slips over the hammer spur and is held in place with a set screw.

Ray B

The Win 37 16ga thqat I use has a standard hammer that I found difficult to cock if I gripped the hammer with my thumb tip, parallel to the barrel (thumb pointed toward the front of the gun) and I have found it much easier and surer if I "cross" the hammer with my thumb, perpendicular to the gun, using the part of my thumb between the two joints of my thumb to grip the hamme3r. I have found this cross method makes cocking even the slippery old M94 a safe way to pull the hammer back or to lower it.

Ned Fall

The Winchester Model 37 does not have a hammer, it has a spring loaded firing pin. The part sticking up out of the back of the receiver is a cocking lever. It should not be so hard to cock the gun, you may have a malfunction.

4205raymond

If you place your thumb perpendicular to cocking lever as Winchester calls them and it is extremely hard to cock,yes it may be a malfunction or you need some serious cleaning and or lubrication.I still call them hammers because they look like a hammer.Hammer and firing pin travel together.Put that little spur hammer under a little tykes thumb with too much oil on it and serious trouble.A few options and whatever you do don't alter or throw that small hammer away.They are starting to get a little scarce. Some people heat them up with a torch and turn the spur up.Works great but what an abortion.Or you could go to 2nd generation hammer(I call this the bumble bee hammer)or you could go to the third generation hammer( I call this the high spur hammer).Works great also.I suppose you could take a latex dipped glove and cut trigger finger off.If it really and truly is a malfunction, a common ailment is firing pin is binding on cocking lever or pin that holds them together is peened too tight.Sometimes spring surrounding firing pin is incorrect.Sometimes firing pin is binding with locking block.Not your imagination,it takes more effort to cock small cocking lever than 2nd and 3rd generation '37 cocking levers.Good luck!