If I had a hammer... - The Firearms Forum

SaxonPig · 05-09-2003, 04:07 PM

Have some S&W hammers and triggers. Need help to ID what I have.

Two hammer sizes so I guess K and N frame? Some are narrow some are medium width and some are Target style. I guess the very narrow are the older standard hammers and the medium width are the newer ones? One is blued so refinished or were there ever any blued S&W hammers?

One hammer seems to be for frame mounted firing pin. A K22 hammer? One has a toggle device at top that moves the striker. Maybe for a M53 to switch from rim fire to center fire?

I seem to have three different sizes of triggers. Are there three sizes (as in J, K and N)?

Any help would be appreciated. In the pic the toggle hammer is at top, and the two larger hammers are in middle at bottom. I wonder if that one is for a 1917?

CountryGunsmith · 05-09-2003, 04:17 PM

Three sizes of triggers and hammers, corresponding to the frame sizes. No factory blued hammers.

The upper left looks like a K-frame hammer with a broken firing pin nose. The wide spur hammers are target hammers, came standard on some models. The hammers with the spur coming off the top are older, pre-war hammers.

SaxonPig · 05-09-2003, 07:47 PM

The upper left hammer (in row with triggers) is the one with the toggle that moves the point of contact. Reminds me of the TC Contender I had with a lever on the hammer to change from center fire to rim fire. I was guessing maybe for a M53?

CountryGunsmith · 05-09-2003, 08:12 PM

Would have to be. Only S&W I can think of with two firing pins in the frame.

05-09-2003, 04:07 PM	#1
SaxonPig V.I.P. Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 98	If I had a hammer... Have some S&W hammers and triggers. Need help to ID what I have. Two hammer sizes so I guess K and N frame? Some are narrow some are medium width and some are Target style. I guess the very narrow are the older standard hammers and the medium width are the newer ones? One is blued so refinished or were there ever any blued S&W hammers? One hammer seems to be for frame mounted firing pin. A K22 hammer? One has a toggle device at top that moves the striker. Maybe for a M53 to switch from rim fire to center fire? I seem to have three different sizes of triggers. Are there three sizes (as in J, K and N)? Any help would be appreciated. In the pic the toggle hammer is at top, and the two larger hammers are in middle at bottom. I wonder if that one is for a 1917? Attached Images --> Last edited by SaxonPig; 05-09-2003 at 04:08 PM..

05-09-2003, 04:17 PM	#2
CountryGunsmith Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Deep Piney Woods of East Texas Posts: 5,116	Three sizes of triggers and hammers, corresponding to the frame sizes. No factory blued hammers. The upper left looks like a K-frame hammer with a broken firing pin nose. The wide spur hammers are target hammers, came standard on some models. The hammers with the spur coming off the top are older, pre-war hammers. __________________ The autonomic nervous system provides for involuntary muscle function - the work of breathing, digestion, and so forth. On some folks, that's a pure waste of ingenuity.

05-09-2003, 08:12 PM	#4
CountryGunsmith Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Deep Piney Woods of East Texas Posts: 5,116	Would have to be. Only S&W I can think of with two firing pins in the frame. __________________ The autonomic nervous system provides for involuntary muscle function - the work of breathing, digestion, and so forth. On some folks, that's a pure waste of ingenuity.

05-09-2003, 07:47 PM	#3
SaxonPig V.I.P. Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 98	The upper left hammer (in row with triggers) is the one with the toggle that moves the point of contact. Reminds me of the TC Contender I had with a lever on the hammer to change from center fire to rim fire. I was guessing maybe for a M53?