Hammer position at rest, 627 PC

[grip frame]

What is going on here? Not my revolver but I have seen this several times on this model in particular. Why is the hammer not setting deeper in the frame at rest? I've never seen a rebounding hammer on a N frame.

 

[s&wchad]

It's not the hammer. The initial release of the 627 PC (Bloodwork gun) had a frame contour that left the gap visible. They later extended the back of the frame to cover it. On both of these guns, the hammer can't move forward enough to strike the frame mounted firing pin, unless the trigger is all the way back.

 

[grip frame]

I get it now. When they went to the frame mounted firing pins on early -5 N frames they had the same frame dimensions as the previous frames at first. Makes sense. I have only seen it on 627 versions. Never seen it on a L frame either.


Thanks

 

[BillBro]

So it was just this version of the 627's? The Bloodwork model? I have a 627-5 but its a 5" version with the lock and the frame mounted firing pin, sadly, but its a nice gun nonetheless but it forsnt have this issue.

 

[s&wchad]

So it was just this version of the 627's? The Bloodwork model? I have a 627-5 but it's a 5" version with the lock and the frame mounted firing pin, sadly, but it's a nice gun nonetheless but it forsnt have this issue.

S&W also made an 8-shot PC 627 with a 5" slab-sided barrel that had the same frame shape and hammer gap. All with this configuration had a frame mounted firing pin. The frames were extended to cover the gap by the time the IL came out (about 2001). It's not an issue, it's just the way they made them.