PeterJ
US Veteran
Is it a major deal to put a regular hammer on my 6906 ? Would it be possible to thumb the hammer back for the first shot instead of going through the double action ? Just wondering.
Question about my 6906
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Doug M.
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Cocking the hammer to shoot is generally an unwise practice. Not BAD, but generally unwise. The only time I would do so is if I was trying for a very precise shot. Generally, it is a fighting gun and should be fired DA for the first shot. I have been issued a couple DA/SA Smiths and for duty purposes did not consider the DA first shot to be a problem.
Here is one of of several discussions here on the Forum regarding the swap:
6906 hammer
Do you know if yours is an earlier or later model?
Todd
6906 hammer
Do you know if yours is an earlier or later model?
Todd
It is not. It would be harder if you're trying to cosmetically match flash chrome though. (Don't know how old your 6906 is.) Spurred MIM hammers are easier to get.
I went through a phase and put spurred hammers on my 4516-2, 6906, 908, CS9 and CS45. All except for the 4516 have been returned to the original spurless hammers. I got over the spurred phase and gifted them here. Everyone was able to install them themselves regardless of experience.
Obviously if you go the spurred route keep the spurless in case at some point you change your mind.
Jim
Another consideration for converting non-spurred to spurred hammers is holster fit. Holsters with a strap that goes across the rear of the slide made specifically for the 6904/06 are not likely going to close over a spurred hammer.
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PeterJ
US Veteran
Thank you all for your comments and I will give this some more consideration before I make a change. The only real reason I want to make this change is the arthritis in my hands is making it very difficult to pull that first DA shot. The gun is mainly being shot at the range, but is also in my truck, just in case. I can do the DA but it ain't easy.
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PeterJ
US Veteran
Don't really know, but it has the square trigger guard and a different slide.
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I did it to one of my 3913s and have two FrankenSmith 6915s [915 uppers matted to a 6906 frame] I like the look but have over 30+ years rarely thumb cocked any of these guns. I was taught to shoot DA on revolvers, and even removed the hammer spur from my EDC 3" 65 back in the mid-80s.
Just don't hold someone at gunpoint with the hammer cocked!
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N4KVE
Member
Did it to my 469, 4516, & 3913. I wouldn't own any of those guns if I couldn't swap out the hammer. Took 5 minutes. GARY
Doug M.
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You may hate this suggestion, but it may be that the changes in your life and capacity argue in favor of a different pistol. I have not had trouble with significant arthritis, but my eyes present different problems and I have to work around them.
easymoney72
Member
I put a hammer from a 459 onto my 3913. Some of the places where you can look for a hammer, numrich, ebay, midway, everygunpart.
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N4KVE
Member
All the ones I've needed were found in the classifieds right here. GARY
easymoney72
Member
Thanks, I'm going to add that to my list of places to look for parts in the future.
Ok, now I remember you discussing your pistol before. Your model was first produced in 1988 and came with that squared trigger guard. After a year or two they redesigned it to the more traditional style. My 5906 from 1989 has it also and I've come to like "the look of the hook".
It sounds like switching out hammers is pretty straightforward. Youtube probably even has a few videos on how to do it.
Todd
I'm curious why it's unwise. Could you expand?
N4KVE
Member
Me too. There's billions of SA/DA guns of all makes out there. And since these guns have a decock function, I don't see anything unwise. It's a great upgrade. GARY.
Doug M.
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The pistol is designed to have the first shot require the long(er) DA press. It is a FIGHTING gun, and just like a DA revolver, one should train to use it as such. When engaged with a hostile individual, one does not have time for cocking - just for a smooth press right through. It (cocking) is also a fine motor movement under the worst conditions for such a movement.
That is disregarding the reality that the vast majority of defensive uses of firearms will not involve shooting, and holding someone at gunpoint (arguably not a sound practice for one who is not a cop) with a DA/SA pistol cocked makes it harder to avoid an ND. An ND when one has their gun pointed at a bad guy is likely to be a very bad thing. If one studies this stuff, the prosecution of the Miami cop in the mid-80s by Janet Reno based on a false claim that he had cocked his revolver (I can't recall his name, but I am sure that googling Ayoob's report of it will tell you) did not have to happen. That's one of the reasons that some agencies converted their issue revolvers to DAO.
I do have revolvers, and all but my 940 can be cocked for a precision shot. I sometimes do that when plinking with my K38. The odds of someone outside of LE having to make a face shot at 50+ yards are tiny and make it unsound - overcoming a training scar of that type when the bad stuff is in the fan is not likely to work well. When I do my LEOSA qual, I use multiple platforms just to show I can. Revolvers are fired DA. If one is hunting game with a revolver, I am sure that there are times when SA is sound. Not my skill set. Policing is about among other things, hunting bad guys, which is a different reality.
The only use for most sidearms FOR ME is carrying them for personal defense in an unplanned scenario. If it was planned (such as when I was in LE), only a fool relies on a handgun. That's what rifles are for. If you NEVER carry for personal protection, I suppose one could do what they wish. Having been trained for serious use, all my training is and was directed that way. I have spent a lot of time in a courtroom as a prosecutor. Even now, in our civil division, every thing I do is done with an eye toward being in a courtroom litigation environment.
That is disregarding the reality that the vast majority of defensive uses of firearms will not involve shooting, and holding someone at gunpoint (arguably not a sound practice for one who is not a cop) with a DA/SA pistol cocked makes it harder to avoid an ND. An ND when one has their gun pointed at a bad guy is likely to be a very bad thing. If one studies this stuff, the prosecution of the Miami cop in the mid-80s by Janet Reno based on a false claim that he had cocked his revolver (I can't recall his name, but I am sure that googling Ayoob's report of it will tell you) did not have to happen. That's one of the reasons that some agencies converted their issue revolvers to DAO.
I do have revolvers, and all but my 940 can be cocked for a precision shot. I sometimes do that when plinking with my K38. The odds of someone outside of LE having to make a face shot at 50+ yards are tiny and make it unsound - overcoming a training scar of that type when the bad stuff is in the fan is not likely to work well. When I do my LEOSA qual, I use multiple platforms just to show I can. Revolvers are fired DA. If one is hunting game with a revolver, I am sure that there are times when SA is sound. Not my skill set. Policing is about among other things, hunting bad guys, which is a different reality.
The only use for most sidearms FOR ME is carrying them for personal defense in an unplanned scenario. If it was planned (such as when I was in LE), only a fool relies on a handgun. That's what rifles are for. If you NEVER carry for personal protection, I suppose one could do what they wish. Having been trained for serious use, all my training is and was directed that way. I have spent a lot of time in a courtroom as a prosecutor. Even now, in our civil division, every thing I do is done with an eye toward being in a courtroom litigation environment.
