Anyone ever see this happen?

[thomasinaz]

Any chance you could post a pic of that repair, Tom?

Sorry, that particular 629 is long gone. I don't think I even had a digital camera when I owned it.

 

[thomasinaz]

They didn't drill a new hole. They knocked out the old hammer stud that was already there and installed a new one. Trust me, the end that you can see now, was always there, but they did such a good job polishing out their guns during final finish that most never know the stud ends are showing on the left side. The one that the OP has broken and the smaller cylinder stop pivot stud were install though the outside as well. Most of the time you can hold a blued gun up to the light just right and spot them. Same thing with a lot of their front sights. many never know that a ton of them were pinned on and not actually part of the ramp.

That makes sense. I have seen the faint circle of the trigger stud on some revolvers, but never thought about the hammer stud being the same. I figured they pressed it into a blind hole, inside the frame.