Recommendation needed. For SA Milspec .45. Prefer non mim, these seem to be hard to find. Any ideas? Thanks.

Check Numrich

Brownells would be where I'd start. Or Numrich. You may also find them on Gunbroker.

Don't forget ebay. You never know...

Turnbull makes one. Pricey of course ;-)

I Googled it and seen about a dozen different places that have them. Here is one place:

1911 Hammers - Fusion Firearms

Larry

Chino let me check my stash I think I might have one I'll check and if I do I'll p/m you tomorrow .

Thanks all. Ya I am not sure about fusion quality. I see some on Ebay, most are not labeled as manufactured by any known maker. Also see some original wide spurs, WW1 etc. I did think Midway had a quality hammer but cannot seem to locate it lol. Thanks sureshotbob.

Appreciate the input everyone, I'll check the other sources too.

When I was building 1911's in the 80's I would find them in surplus parts dealers box of hammers and at the same price as thin hammers.

Ivan

Yes I see them but esp. on Ebay a lot are not identified by manufacturer and the serrations for thumb cocking look wanky at best., like a soft pour MIM with no separation in the serrations, they look like a lousy thumb perch for cocking. What I really want is a good old stock milled solid wide spur with good deep serration on the hammer top for thumb interface.

Something like a Type 2 Colt Model 1911 hammer made in the range as follows:
Serial Number 90000 to about 109000

Chino I have one made by EMC out of Kingsport ,TN.
It looks to be a machined copy of a Colt mod. 1911 type wide long spur with a sharp rear edge for serial range 89801-108600 .
It is brand new from Brownells part no.100-001-777 .
This looks just like the one made by Turnbull.
I will part with it for $25.00 shipped.

I too was looking for a good quality wide spur hammer for a retro Springfield Armory build. I rejected all of the less expensive ones. They looked cast, with seam or mold lines and poorly formed checkering. I considered a genuine USGI surplus part from ebay but without the ability to see one in person and examine the sear hooks under magnification, I was hesitant. I ended up with one of the EMC parts like sureshotbob has. It is very good quality. I believe they are no longer in production though. Here it is installed.

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Thanks Bob, I sent you a pm. Hey Walter, that looks perfect., just what I want! Did you have to change out the grip safety for a Rat Tail or that a standard? Can't tell from the pic. I've got a Rat Tail in my stash just in case, Thanks again Sureshotbob.

All I did was very lightly touch the engagement surfaces on the EMC hammer with a fine Arkansas stone and it dropped right in with no changes needed to the grip safety. I then dry fired it about 100 times. The trigger breaks clean at 4 lbs, 12 oz. That's fine, I wasn't looking for a National Match action.

I also replaced the Springfield Armory logo walnut stocks with a set of full checkered walnut stocks. I suppose I could replace the teardrop shaped thumb safety with something more appropriate for a WWII era M1911A1 but probably won't bother.