Question for Nate Kiowa Jones

[Ysabel Kid]

Hi NKJ (and anyone else who may know the answer) -

I have a reproduction Schneider & Glassick made by Armi San Paolo and imported (and marked) by Hawes Firearms. Basically, a brass-framed 1851 Colt Navy, octagonal barrel, non-engraved cylinder. Got it for a song a number of years ago to add to my collection of replica Civil War Confederate arms. Problem is that when you pull the hammer back it falls forward a bit. It holds, and fires fine, but it is just annoying. Is this an issue with the hammer notch?

Thanks!

Jay/YK

[Old No7]

Hi NKJ (and anyone else who may know the answer) -

Hi Jay, could it be the nut behind the trigger?
(Just kidding...)

It sure sounds to me what you're saying is the hammer "over rotates" and you can easily cock it back too far/too much and it doesn't stop rotating right at the full cock notch.

I wonder if you could add something to stop the hammer, acting as a "hammer stop" which would cease all movement at the right spot. Maybe the attached image will help -- could you epoxy a piece of plastic or thick leather inside the grip to stop the roller on the back of the hammer (and the main spring) at the right position? You'll have to check it with the grips removed, but if you're lucky, there may be an area of the frame that the main spring/hammer could stop against -- once you add some material there.

If it were mine, I'd rather than put something hidden inside, but an "outside option" might be to drill a small hole on the top back of the hammer behind the spur and insert a hardened steel pin. Marking the correct position of that pin would be critical though, plus you'd have to drill the hammer.

Hope this gives you some ideas...

Old No7

SA Trigger stop.jpg

[Ysabel Kid]

Hmmm, I hadn't thought about that approach. Thanks Darryl!

[Nate Kiowa Jones]

Could be that. Hard to say without pictures of the hammer positions.