Burr near firing pin on 617 revolver?

[zepherus]

Greetings. I would appreciate any wisdom from the group. This is my first time really diving in and cleaning the inside of my 617 revolver. I noticed what appeared to be some misaligned wear where the hammer met the frame of the gun. You can see the shiny parts in the one pic. I looked closer and there is a burr - kind of hard to see - at about four o'clock from where the firing pin hole is. I

Two things - is the burr what's causing the funky wear - or perhaps vis vera from dry firing? Also, am I correct in thinking that I'll just file and diamond stone down that burr so it's not proud of the rest of the frame in that area?

Thanks for any help and input. And I hope everyone is enjoying the weekend.

 

[Protocall_Design]

You can file it down. Ideally, the hammer will stop on the frame evenly, all the way across. If you just shoot it for years, it will get there on it's own.

 

[Phenix]

Greetings. I would appreciate any wisdom from the group. This is my first time really diving in and cleaning the inside of my 617 revolver. I noticed what appeared to be some misaligned wear where the hammer met the frame of the gun. You can see the shiny parts in the one pic. I looked closer and there is a burr - kind of hard to see - at about four o'clock from where the firing pin hole is. I

Two things - is the burr what's causing the funky wear - or perhaps vis vera from dry firing? Also, am I correct in thinking that I'll just file and diamond stone down that burr so it's not proud of the rest of the frame in that area?

Thanks for any help and input. And I hope everyone is enjoying the weekend.

The best way to dry fire any revolver with a hammer is to cock the hammer and put a piece of foam earplug cut in half crossways down in the hammer recess in the frame. Forget Snap Caps. Dry fire to your heart’s content.
Just remember to remove the earplug when you are done.

 

[Baltimoreed11754]

Looks to me where a little tag of steel was left between the two machining cuts, the cut for the hammer and the cut for the sideplate. Should be easy to remove.