1917 hammer and trigger swap

[raljr1]

I have a 1917 with aftermarket nickel plating. They plated the trigger and the hammer, so I thought I'd buy replacements to swap out. The trigger went in and functioned perfectly on the first try. The hammer( I have two of them) seemed to rub everywhere. I go it to the point where it almost worked, but the head of the hammer is hitting on the sides of the cutout into the frame. I've tried carefully filing to widen that slot, but so far no luck. The hammer has nice case colors, so I don't want to sand it down. The second hammer hits hard on the large arc at the rear of the hammer, and will not turn at all once dropped in place.

I bought some nickel stripper to use to strip the original hammer, but I had concerns about using it in my garage.

Is this something I should just give up on or does anyone have any ideas.

 

[raljr1]

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[jack the toad]

I'd imagine the chemical strippers are all mostly the same but out of curiosity, what are you using?

 

[raljr1]

I'd imagine the chemical strippers are all mostly the same but out of curiosity, what are you using?

Caswell B9 Nickel Stripper. I have not used it yet. If I can't fit this hammer, I will give it a try.

 

[drgbike]

Brownells has a cold stripper, no mess. Drop in wait take out rinse done.

 

[raljr1]

So i pulled the 3rd model apart to see if I could use the parts i bought to replace the nickeled ones. It's probably a bust. The trigger is missing a hole for one of the pins to hold the hand lever (l
?) in the trigger. Also learned why the trigger pull on this 44 was so smooth. Someone bent the mainspring (the right side of the photo). I had a spare ( on the left) so I swapped it. Next step nickel stripper.

Robert

 

[358156hp]

You faked me out there. I didn't realize you were working with a Colt 1917, not a S&W 1917.

 

[raljr1]

You faked me out there. I didn't realize you were working with a Colt 1917, not a S&W 1917.

It is a smith & wesson....the two springs are side by side. touching so I could take the photo and show how they bent one

 

[Muley Gil]

As long as that mainspring is reliably busting primers, I'd leave it in.

Can you post a picture of the trigger you need? I have a few spares.

 

[raljr1]

As long as that mainspring is reliably busting primers, I'd leave it in.

Can you post a picture of the trigger you need? I have a few spares.[/QUOTE

Is it ok to continue using the bent spring? So far I've not had any issues with light strikes.

The trigger I bought is missing the small pin hole. Even if it had it, not sure how easily I could reassemble it.

If you have one that is correct, I would be interested. Thanks