Does the 5906 have some sort of hammer safety?

[KCabbage]

Greetings,
I am curious if this pistol has some sort of safety for the hammer. The beretta I have has what is called a "half-cock" feature where you pull the hammer back a tad so it locks leaving the pistol in a shorter double action trigger pull. Even if the hammer caught on something and was released it wouldn't set off the round.
In other words, if the 5906 is decocked does the hammer still pose a risk. Say it was decocked and something caught the hammer spur and pulled it back a bit then it was released. Would the hammer ignite the round?
Is it a easy procedure to replace the spurred hammer with a bobbed one?
Thanks you very much.
Take care

 

[KCabbage]

Greetings,
I am curious if this pistol has some sort of safety for the hammer. The beretta I have has what is called a "half-cock" feature where you pull the hammer back a tad so it locks leaving the pistol in a shorter double action trigger pull. Even if the hammer caught on something and was released it wouldn't set off the round.
In other words, if the 5906 is decocked does the hammer still pose a risk. Say it was decocked and something caught the hammer spur and pulled it back a bit then it was released. Would the hammer ignite the round?
Is it a easy procedure to replace the spurred hammer with a bobbed one?
Thanks you very much.
Take care

 

[Jgrub75]

When you put the saftey on it blocks the firing pin.

 

[KCabbage]

I am talking about the safety being off.

 

[jdh]

There is a firing pin safety. The firing pin is blocked unless the trigger is pulled. Does not matter if the safety is on or off.

 

[KCabbage]

Cool, thanks alot guys.
Take care

 

[shawn mccarver]

Originally posted by KCabbage:
Greetings,
I am curious if this pistol has some sort of safety for the hammer. The beretta I have has what is called a "half-cock" feature where you pull the hammer back a tad so it locks leaving the pistol in a shorter double action trigger pull. Even if the hammer caught on something and was released it wouldn't set off the round.
In other words, if the 5906 is decocked does the hammer still pose a risk. Say it was decocked and something caught the hammer spur and pulled it back a bit then it was released. Would the hammer ignite the round?
Is it a easy procedure to replace the spurred hammer with a bobbed one?
Thanks you very much.
Take care

The 5906 has safeties consisting of the following: disconnect (pistol cannot fire out of battery), firing pin (pistol will not fire if dropped whether thumb safety is on or off), manual thumb safety/decocking lever on slide (dual function - blocks firing pin and deactivates trigger), magazine safety (pistol will not fire with magazine removed - be careful on this - some contract guns have this feature removed - if it is, there should be a warning on the slide - "caution - capable of firing with magazine removed").

As to the half cock notch, that feature is necessary on pistols without a firing pin safety to arrest the hammer if the hammer falls without pulling the trigger. Without a firing pin safety, if the hammer struck a blow on the firing pin for any reason (trigger pulled or not), the firing pin would strike the primer and discharge the pistol. The half cock notch is not necessary if there is a firing pin safety and S&W eliminated it, I believe, on the 3rd Gen autos. Note that Colt redesigned their hammers to eliminate the half cock notch in their Series 80 guns - those have a "shelf" that keeps the hammer just barely off the firing pin rather than all the way up at half cock.

By the way, except for some designs, like say the Tokorev, the half cock notch is very dangerous for carrying as the half cock notch is usually not very strong and it can shear fairly easily and if the hammer falls from half cock there is enough energy to fire the gun.

5906 sound safe enough now?

 

[MattB]

If you're thinking about it for carry, I'd suggest looking for a 5903. Same gun, lighter alloy frame.

 

[KCabbage]

Great info Shawn!
It definately sounds safe enough.

Matt, I intended for this to be a basement gun, but if the grip isn't too large I would probably carry it too.
I use thunderwear/smart carry for CCW so weight doesn't really bother me. Plus, i'm used to carrying heavy anyways.

Take care guys.

 

[WR Moore]

Originally posted by shawn mccarver:
....the half cock notch is very dangerous for carrying as the half cock notch is usually not very strong and it can shear fairly easily and if the hammer falls from half cock there is enough energy to fire the gun.

Generally, it isn't the half-cock notch that will shear, but the sear. This can result in full automatic fire until the magazine is empty.