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Information
on Action Jobs on Italian Made single Action Colt
Clones.
You will notice that we are charging more for the action
jobs on the clones than we are on the Colt Single
Actions.
The reason that we have to charge more for the action
job on the clones is due to the incorrect geometry of
the hammer.
The full cock notch on the Italian clone revolvers is
set too far back into the hammer. This will allow
the 1/2 and 1/4 cock notches to strike the trigger nose
if the trigger release is only pulled far enough to
clear the full cock notch.
Once we have done a trigger job that lightens the
trigger pull, the trigger is pulled only for
enough to release the hammer, if you are squeezing the
trigger properly instead of jerking it. This
allows the 1/2 and 1/4 cock notches to strike the
trigger nose when the hammer falls. The trigger
nose and the hammer notches are damaged very quickly
when this happens. Once they have been damaged the
revolver becomes very dangerous. The damaged
trigger nose will allow the hammer to be pushed off of
full cock and even sometimes will not hold the hammer at
full cock. The damaged to the 1/2 and 1/4 cock
notches will also allow the trigger to be pulled with
the hammer in the 1/2 and 1/4 cock position. The
pistol will fire if the hammer drops from either
position.
To give you a safe and lasting trigger job we must
install a hardened tool steel piece in the hammer and
re-position the full cock notch forward. this will
eliminate the possibility of the hammer notches striking
the trigger nose if the revolver is handled correctly.
You will also find that the action is much crisper and
smoother once we have rebuilt the hammer.
We can sometimes replace the factory hammer with a Colt
hammer. This can only be done to a clone that does
not have the hammer block safety. The Uberti
revolvers and some others have this safety. We
cannot replace a hammer with the safety block with a
hammer without the safety block feature due to
liability.
Warning!!!
You must always carry your revolver with the hammer
down on an EMPTY CHAMBER- even if your revolver has a
hammer block safety.!!! |
