How many of you have bobbed your hammers? I have a 637 that I like to carry and so far I've never had an issue with the hammer snagging. I carry it in a Hume JIT belt slide and sometimes in a Smartcarry. I rarely carry it in a pocket holster. Is it worthwhile to bob? I'm sure it lowers the value but this is not a collector grade gun so that doesn't scare me. It may possibly increase the reliability with hard primers but I've never had a failure with it as it is.

I have no doubt I can do it. I bobbed the hammer on a Taurus 85 and it turned out great, but I'm not sure it's necessary.

Thanks!

I pretty much always bob the hammer of a carry gun. There is no reason to use single action thus no need for the hammer spur or single action capability. I have not ever personally had a hammer spur almost get me killed, but have a friend who is alive because a hold up man's hammer spur got caught on his pants when he tried to pull his gun giving my buddy time to react.

Here is a pic of my 2" Model 10. It was no beauty contest winner when I got it so cutting the hammer doesn't matter. I wouldn't mess up a valuable gun, but for a gun that is just going to be shot a lot and sweated all over who cares. You can always buy an extra hammer and bob it and keep your original if you want to.

Dehorned my wife's M37 over 25 years ago. Made it a perfect little carry piece. The odds of needing SA in a gun like that are zilch. I do prefer my 442 which has nothing at all to snag, ever.

I picked up a Model 13 with 3" barrel for pocket carry. The hammer spur had to go. Even though the gun has been "rode hard and put up wet" it is still a Model 13 and they are not that easy to come by. So I bought a used hammer off of this forum, deburred it myself and it worked great. If I ever decide to sell the gun, or restore it, I still have the original hammer with the spur. I could have deburred the original hammer and then bought another when/if I decided to sell it but then, the hammer would not have been original to the gun. No would could tell but I would know and would not sell it that way.

Just my opinion.

Bill

What kind of grips are those, Dave?

I have my everyday 4" M10 bobbed, my dressup M65 3" semibobbed, and as soon as I can afford a spare hammer I will bob my 22-4TR. looking for more spare K/L hammers and triggers for future projects.

I bob all my snubs (except the NAA single actions, that wouldn't work too well) and have yet to regret doing so in the least. I may even bob my 5" 629.

I'll answer for Dave: Precision Gun Specialties. You can get them from Brownell's, and they are very reasonably priced. I like them a lot.

Another vote for bobbing from me. My 3" 65s are both bobbed, as are both my 4" Model 10s and a few of my other Smiths. I even recontoured the hammer on my Colt Magnum Carry, although it would fit the "semi-bobbed" category.

I carry pre-bobbed Centenials.

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My EDC is a model 60 (.38 spl) with a bobbed hammer. It's no collector, so I don't worry about resale value. It goes in most pockets pretty well, but usually rides IWB. I also have a model 60-9 with a MIM hammer. I've seen those bobbed too, but those look a little odd to me.

I have an 3" M13 with a bobbed hammer and like it. I like the idea of a semi-bobbed hammer a great deal. I think it would be practical to have the best of both worlds - you can cock it if you need to, but it's not going to snag.

I like having the option. I carry my M64 2" in a Galco hip holster. Snagging isn't an issue.

What about swapping out your hammer for one from a 638 or a 642??? Has anyone done that with their exposed hammer J frames??

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From what I understand it won't work. The geometry is different.

A 642 or 342 hammer will work in your gun. There are forum members that have done it, it looks very similar to the bob job I did on my 637 that I posted last week. I'm not sure if a 642 hammer will work on single action though. Thats the only plus to bobbing the hammer in your gun. A new hammer will set you back about $50 whether you get one for a 637 or 642.

Chris

How about a quick and dirty lesson on the bobbing process? Thank you!

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For my Taurus 85: with the hammer down I drew a line with a Sharpie along the hammer where it met the frame.

With the line as a guide I used a very fine toothed hacksaw to cut the excess hammer and spur off , then cleaned the cut with 80, 150, 400, and 1500 grit sandpaper. I then polished it with Flitz to a mirror shine. It came out nice.

I take my lockwork apart. I grind down my hammer spurs on a disc sander. Go slow and dip the workpiece in coolant as you go, so as not to overheat it. Clean thoroughly. Reassemble.

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J-Frame hammer mod possible??

Here is a link to some posts from last week.

That's what I was looking for-Thanks.

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I carried this bobbed model 60 on and off for about 30 years and still would be but it got stolen along with my truck in 2003. Neither has shown up. Bought it new around 1971. I replaced it with a old model 40.
To me a pocket gun dont need a hammer spur to catch, or rip your pocket. On mine I had the top checkered where I could carefully cock it if desired.

Feral, I have an M60 bobbed like that. I wish I had those grips for it.

I think I still have those grips! The gun was stolen with a different set of grips then pictured.

Sorry to hear about your truck and gun. That is why I never leave valuable or sentimental guns in my vehicle. If I am leaving a gun in my car, it is a 150-200 dollar gun, because I know that could be the last time I ever see it! It is a shame, but it is the world that we live in. Some homie has got to find something to pawn off for his next crack rock.

It was a lot worse than my short post. Heres the rest of the story. My 90 year old dad was in the convelesant home and on his death bed in wisconsin. I had drove home from wisconsin to handel things. I returned with a truck full of family guns, tools etc. (My dad was a widower, and I am the end of the line). When I got back to calif, I had no room in my already full gunsafe. I had to leave loose in the house the family guns I brought back. I hadent even unloaded the tools etc and got hit the first night or two I got home. I still had that model 60 in a compartment behind the seat. They stold the truck out of my driveway. The gun probley tipped them off I was a gun owner, I was watched and a couple days after that, when I left the house it was burglared and all the lose family guns that wasnt in the safe were stold!
It gets more complicated. I traced myself the robbery to a young woman who had just got out of jail on a similar caper. She wouldnt roll on her pals, got a reduced charge on also stealing a credit card that was in the truck and got effectively very little time. Two guns, a shotgun that somebody sawed off and a HDM Hi-standard did show up, thats all. Other guns and truck never were recovered. This happened in 2003. Here is my butchered recovered shotgun. Also a list of the lost guns. I did also recover the HDM on the list.