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[Greyman50]

Cheap wal mart brake cleaner is your FRIEND. Remove grips/ stocks/ scales , go outside and spray. When someone brings me a Smith I always remove side plate and spray the action until its clean. Lube and reassemble, always works unless some bubba did his work inside.

 

[Petrov]

is 14-1 hammer different from a modern N frame?
You folks mention the DA sear? In my hammer you have a little moving "sear"? I think that I push on as I start pulling the trigger but in the end there is a part of the hammer and a part of the trigger that get engaged that is not that DA sear or what I am assuming DA sear is?

 

[shawn mccarver]

is 14-1 hammer different from a modern N frame?

Yes. The Model 14 is a K Frame, not an N Frame. They are not interchangeable.

 

[steelslaver]

You got it right the DA sear if the little spring loaded toggle like piece on the front of the trigger. It have changed some over the years, but the function remains the same. As the lower "foot" of it is pressed by the trigger it starts the hammer back, but then the end of it slips off and the hammer itself engages the trigger to complete cocking and releasing the hammer.

Watch this video and at about 20 to 22 seconds you can see the hand off from DA sear to the hammer itself being engaged then released by the trigger and again on the second slow trigger pull.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2OnDmU7MxQ[/ame]

 

[Petrov]

You got it right the DA sear if the little spring loaded toggle like piece on the front of the trigger. It have changed some over the years, but the function remains the same. As the lower "foot" of it is pressed by the trigger it starts the hammer back, but then the end of it slips off and the hammer itself engages the trigger to complete cocking and releasing the hammer.

Watch this video and at about 20 to 22 seconds you can see when this occurs

S&W Trigger Action: Double Action Only - YouTube

Yes thats the one thank you folks.
So if that sear is too short it makes the hammer slip off completley and fall too soon?

 

[steelslaver]

If the DA sear is to long or short the hammer and trigger usually bind up. Maybe if the DA sear was really short