scbair
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I have an old-style Colt Cobra (skinny barrel, no ejector rod shroud), with 2 problems;
1) The timing is off; the hand doesn't rotate the cylinder completely to lock-up, unless I either thumb-cock it for single-action fire, or use a "2-stage" DA pull, allowing inertia to index the cylinder before squeezing till the sear releases.
2) A previous owner bobbed the hammer, so I experience occasional FTFs DA, even using the 2-stage DA pull. The extra hammer travel of SA firing produces 100% reliability (to date).
So, I would like to know how difficult it is to fit a new hammer & hand to the li'l gem. I am NOT a gunsmith (nor have I ever played one on TV), but I am a pretty handy tinkerer. If it were a SAA, I'd have at it (I built a Colt Navy from an old CVA kit; assembled, disassembled, filed/stoned, ad repeated about a hunnert times . . ., and wound up with a well-timed revolver, excellent trigger; better than any of the factory-built replicas I've tried lately). Having to "balance" the parts for DA work is causing me some concern.
So, what is the collective opinion of those much smarter than I am; try it, or just grit my teeth and entrust the old girl to a qualified 'smith?
Thanks in advance for the replies.
1) The timing is off; the hand doesn't rotate the cylinder completely to lock-up, unless I either thumb-cock it for single-action fire, or use a "2-stage" DA pull, allowing inertia to index the cylinder before squeezing till the sear releases.
2) A previous owner bobbed the hammer, so I experience occasional FTFs DA, even using the 2-stage DA pull. The extra hammer travel of SA firing produces 100% reliability (to date).
So, I would like to know how difficult it is to fit a new hammer & hand to the li'l gem. I am NOT a gunsmith (nor have I ever played one on TV), but I am a pretty handy tinkerer. If it were a SAA, I'd have at it (I built a Colt Navy from an old CVA kit; assembled, disassembled, filed/stoned, ad repeated about a hunnert times . . ., and wound up with a well-timed revolver, excellent trigger; better than any of the factory-built replicas I've tried lately). Having to "balance" the parts for DA work is causing me some concern.
So, what is the collective opinion of those much smarter than I am; try it, or just grit my teeth and entrust the old girl to a qualified 'smith?
Thanks in advance for the replies.