Any One Ever Done This? (Trigger Hammer Catch)

Quigley · 10-06-2012, 21:57

I was practicing my trigger control and I stumbled upon this. It takes the perfect amount of trigger control and concentration to make it happen.

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You can see in the video where the hammer is cocked to the rear. I then began applying a very slow and steady pressure and there is a point where the hammer releases but the trigger catches. As this happened you can see me lowering the hammer by simply letting off the trigger.

collim1 · 10-06-2012, 22:06

I don't recommend doing it in a life or death situation (although I have heard rumors that some police back in the day were trained on this method).

I do it with my 442 BUG when doing my annual quals from the 25yd line. I have to shoot 12 shots from the 25 with a DAO jframe and holding the trigger to lockup and then giving a final squeeze helps me get all 12 shots in from the 25.

I dont do it any closer than that though.

Quigley · 10-06-2012, 22:12

Thats not exactly whats going on here. I am cocking the revolver back in single action. Then I apply a very slow and steady pressure until the trigger breaks and the hammer begans to fall but there is a point where you can actually catch the hammer with the trigger and decock the revolver. I basically decocked the revolver using the trigger.

Tiro Fijo · 10-06-2012, 23:33

That is because some moron has FUBAR'd up the single action notch.

More chaff than wheat on youtube re gunsmithing.

collim1 · 10-07-2012, 22:42

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Originally Posted by Quigley

Thats not exactly whats going on here. I am cocking the revolver back in single action. Then I apply a very slow and steady pressure until the trigger breaks and the hammer begans to fall but there is a point where you can actually catch the hammer with the trigger and decock the revolver. I basically decocked the revolver using the trigger.

That is the sear slipping off the SA notch, not a good thing. I have an OLD SW revolver that will do that.

If its cocked and your finger is off the trigger can you push the hammer down?

I just pulled out my my other revolver, Sp101 .22, and can't replicate it.

Quigley · 10-07-2012, 09:34

That would have had to have been ruger then because I havent touched it, but thanks for the info

fastbolt · 10-07-2012, 10:58

When my Redhawk was brand new, I was checking the hammer release in SA one day and noticed I could feel it slightly catching against the trigger as it fell forward. I called Ruger and they wanted the gun sent in. They replaced the hammer & trigger.

Stop using the gun and call Ruger.

ak103k · 10-07-2012, 11:03

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That would have had to have been ruger then because I havent touched it,

Wouldnt be the first time something got out of the factory that shouldnt have. It does sound like you have something that shouldnt be there too.

I had a S&W model 29 that had a super smooth DA trigger, and a super light SA trigger. Whoever fitted it went just a tad far, as you could put your thumb on the hammer and "push" it down when cocked, which is a no no.

No biggie, I dont shoot revolvers SA anyway. I filed the SA notch, as well as the hammer spur off, and shot as it was meant to be shot.

8-Ball · 10-07-2012, 11:10

If I were you, that gun would be on its way back to Ruger.

WoodenPlank · 10-07-2012, 11:29

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If I were you, that gun would be on its way back to Ruger.

Same here. Doing what the OP describes is an ND waiting to happen.

Quigley · 10-07-2012, 15:21

There is no way a ND could happen from this. Unless I was doing dry fire practice with a loaded gun

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ak103k · 10-07-2012, 15:30

What if it did that when you were REALLY hoping it would go bang?

Send it back and have it taken care of.

WoodenPlank · 10-07-2012, 23:43

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Originally Posted by Quigley

There is no way a ND could happen from this. Unless I was doing dry fire practice with a loaded gun

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Stranger things have happened.

Quigley · 10-08-2012, 18:43

I couldn't replicate this accidently to save my life. As a matter of fact I cant even do it on purpose any more. It is a relatively new revolver so I am sure that it still has some breaking in needed. I just thought it was interesting, due to the intense amount of concentration and trigger control that it took to make it happen. Thanks to all for the replies though.