Performance Center Hammers....UGH!!

[phatmax]

hWent into the LGS and they had a PC 627 V-comp .357 and 629 Competitor .44 Mag.

Obvious target guns.

And then I went to try the single action and met the C-Rappy hammer they put on that is narrow AND pointed.

I love wide target hammers, I am fine with the standard combat width hammers, but that new (to me) abomination.... What were they thinking? For me, single action on a narrow hammer gets kind of "shreddy" on my dainty thumb.

Are they expecting the guns to be used mostly in double action?

 

[Dave T]

Yes, I suspect they think of "competition" guns as being shot DA. And just to show how folks differ, I have 3 PC guns and like that narrowed, pointed hammer much better than a target or standard hammer. YMMV!

Dave

 

[Maximumbob54]

If this is talking about that newish teardrop shape to the hammer spur then I have to say that I like it. I've never seen the need for the half inch square for the target hammer. I've never had any hammer slip from my thumb but that giant meat grinder will start to eat the skin off my thumb on a hot sweaty afternoon at the range. Funny though as I would have thought the skinny M10 hammers would eat my thumb more for not having the surface contact. Whatever. I want WANT want a 627 PC with the 5" barrel and that tear drop hammer.

WANT

 

[phatmax]

Must be my stumpy thumbs... my usual reach had my thumb also getting stuck by the point. I start cocking by putting my thumb on the rear edge and rolling the hammer back.

 

[SAWMAN]

If anyone would prefer a standard or wider hammer spur, I desperately need an L frame Performance center hammer for a 686-3 PC

 

[moddler]

What might it cost to have the pointed hammer replaced with the wide target hammer on a 627-5 ?

 

[jaymoore]

If this is talking about that newish teardrop shape to the hammer spur then I have to say that I like it. I've never seen the need for the half inch square for the target hammer. I've never had any hammer slip from my thumb but that giant meat grinder will start to eat the skin off my thumb on a hot sweaty afternoon at the range. Funny though as I would have thought the skinny M10 hammers would eat my thumb more for not having the surface contact. Whatever. I want WANT want a 627 PC with the 5" barrel and that tear drop hammer.

WANT

I much prefer the smaller hammer profile as well. The usual target hammer crashes the web of my shooting hand just a little unless I make an effort to shift my grip a bit. Single OR double action!

 

[sw282]

These tear drop Performance Center MIM hammers closely resemble

in both Looks and Touch the ones on Colts' Python 357 Magnum Revolver

The Most Beautiful Handgun/Revolver Ever Made....

 

[MJFlores]

hey...you stop that right now!

 

[lebomm]

That was my first thought when I first saw one - "Why on earth are they putting a Python hammer in a S&W ?"

Larry

 

[Dennis]

Yup. Python shape. Crazy.
On my old 29-3 I trimmed off about 5/64ths inch to keep the revolver from "jumping" just a tad in SA. But that was a loooooong time ago when I could hit gallon milk jugs at 100 yds. 2-handed on my two legs.

 

[jaymoore]

Yup. Python shape. Crazy.
On my old 29-3 I trimmed off about 5/64ths inch to keep the revolver from "jumping" just a tad in SA. But that was a loooooong time ago when I could hit gallon milk jugs at 100 yds. 2-handed on my two legs.

Which is my usual mode of shooting anymore. IHMSA Field Pistol is the game.

Unless it's real live game during deer and squirrel season!

 

[Tom S.]

What might it cost to have the pointed hammer replaced with the wide target hammer on a 627-5 ?

To answer the question that resurrected this thread, other than the actual cost of the hammer itself, I would guess $75 to $100 for labor. Fitting a hammer isn't difficult and with the newer MIM parts being closer tolerances, it 'may' not require any fitting at all.

As a reply to the question asked 4 years ago about why the PC went to the smaller hammer, these guns were designed for competition, which means double action shooting. Also, removing the extra material on the hammer results in a faster movement of the hammer when released from the trigger notch, which in competition can mean the difference between 1st and second place. It's why 1911 hammers were first skeletonized. The lighter a hammer, the quicker the hammer spring will cause it to strike the primer. This doesn't matter if it's a revolver or a semi auto.