I like the .375 or even the target hammer, .50 inch, on some of my K frame revolvers. Is there a wider hammer, other than issued, for the J frame? I would like to find a .375 inch for my M60, but have never seen other than the issue hammer. What is available?
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Hair Trigger
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SCSW says the .375 hammer and a .347 trigger were put on a special production run of the M60 in 1990, and became standard in 1992, and ran until 1999.
Just thumbing through the SCSW, the widest hammer I see on any I or J frame is the .375 on the M34 and M35.
Just thumbing through the SCSW, the widest hammer I see on any I or J frame is the .375 on the M34 and M35.
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Hair Trigger, thank you. I will check online and see if I can't find one. My M 60's are a bit earlier than 1990, so I will first see what year they are and if the hammer will still fit the older ones.
Alk8944
US Veteran
Yes, the hammers fit the older guns with two differences. 1) A MIM hammer may need fitting.
2) The hammer/hammer spring strut. There are two styles, a ball-ended strut that fits in a socket in the hammer, and a forked strut and the hammer has a slot and pin.
The forked strut has been in use since the 1970s or so, so you shouldn't have an issue there. I believe only the very earliest Model 60s use the ball end strut.
