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Success!!! - Please help with id of 44 DA 1st Model Hammer Stud search successful!!! A few posts ago Twaits wrote that he knew someone that could make a new hammer stud. He forwarded a few pictures to his friend who agreed to take the job (at a fee I was happy to pay I might add). I sent him...

Good idea! Check this out: http://smith-wessonforum.com/wanted-buy/200977-wtb-hammer-stud-s-w-44-da-frontier-pictures.html ...Dazed

I'm looking for a hammer stud for a S&W .44 DA Frontier. The attached pictures show the gun, the hammer stud as it should be and what it looks like now. (There's a discussion about this .44 DA and the broken part here...

There's a parts gun on Gunbroker (Auction # 241661660) that has a hammer stud in it but the seller's starting price is $400! I wonder if the seller would put me in contact with the buyer so I could ask if they would sell me the part? Has anybody ever tried doing this with a Gunbroker sale? ...Dazed

Some good ideas! Thanks. Hopefully something will pan out. ...Dazed

I heard back from oldwestgunsmith - he doesn't have one so it's back to the fix-or-make option. I like the idea of bronze welding that 10/22 suggested. Proper alignment would be critical so the jig idea is a good one. Here's an idea: Drill a flat-bottom blind hole (the size of the original...

Thanks for the advice. I'll look for gunsmiths too. If I had a small lathe, I could probably create one - eventually. ;-) Unless it required some kind of heat treating/tempering etc. Could something that small be TIG welded? What about using a spot-welder with the assembled pieces held between...

I emailed Dave and I'm still waiting to hear back from him. I've been unable to find a machinist near where I live (I kinda live out in the boonies plus I'm new to the area). Can anyone make a recommendation of a machinist that could make this part? Meanwhile I was able to remove the hammer...

Wow! Thanks for the shipping info. Mine is actually 11,26x which is between those numbers so I guess it could have gone to either place. As for the Hammer Stud, it is broken - the 1st picture shows how it's supposed to look and the 2nd pic shows it's actual condition. I can make the tool you...

The Hammer Stud (not sure of the terminology I guess) would be the piece that goes in the hole that the arrow is pointing to in the attached picture. It's what the hammer rotates on. It's left end protrudes thru the sideplate where a nut screws on to secure that piece. The other end is screwed...

Hello, I have what I think (from searching here) is a .44 Double Action 1st Model Frontier in 44-40. Is this accurate, or do I have something else? Whatever it is, can anyone offer a guesstimate on when it was made/shipped and possible value. It's marked as follows: Serial number on butt...

Thanks for the kind welcomes!

That would be Florida USA! I joined to get information on the .32 S&W Model of 1903 Hand Ejector - Second Change my Dad left me. Also for - jumping forward a 100 years! - my M&P .40S&W. Plus other S&W's I come across from time to time. I'm located in North-Central Florida amongst the cows and...