PRD1
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I recently cleaned-up a .32 Hand Ejector built in 1917, by serial number.
It was beautifully made, of course, nickel plated and with mother-of -pearl grips, but internally had a feature I hadn't seen before:
There were 2 pins through the hammer body - about 1/8" in diameter, hollow, with fairly thick walls, and extending just a few thousandths past the thickness of the hammer on either side. They were almost certainly factory installed, and the only purpose I can envision for their presence would be to control sideways motion of the hammer in the frame, though there was no evidence of loose fit of the hammer in the frame, or of contact between the ends of the pins and the interior of the frame or the sideplate.
So: what were they intended to do? Were they factory installed? Is their presence common in S&W revolvers of that vintage? Any other comments?
PRD1 - mhb - Mike
It was beautifully made, of course, nickel plated and with mother-of -pearl grips, but internally had a feature I hadn't seen before:
There were 2 pins through the hammer body - about 1/8" in diameter, hollow, with fairly thick walls, and extending just a few thousandths past the thickness of the hammer on either side. They were almost certainly factory installed, and the only purpose I can envision for their presence would be to control sideways motion of the hammer in the frame, though there was no evidence of loose fit of the hammer in the frame, or of contact between the ends of the pins and the interior of the frame or the sideplate.
So: what were they intended to do? Were they factory installed? Is their presence common in S&W revolvers of that vintage? Any other comments?
PRD1 - mhb - Mike