Looks nice! I'm kinda partial to a wide spur myself...

 

I think that's a John Masen cast trigger...Glad you're happy with it

 

That's it exactly.

Russ

 

I have one on my Mil Spec!

 

The strut pin certainly can wander.
Next time you have the gun apart, rotate the hammer to the full cock position and have a look at the position of the pin.
I remember an article in Guns & Ammo by then IPSC World Champ Ross Seyfried, about the mods he absolutely had to have on his guns, and one was filing small "ramps" into the frame on either side, to cam the strut pin back into the hammer if the pin moved either way.
He'd apparently lost a major match when the pin came out enough to catch on the edge of the frame.
I just installed a strut, and remembering that article, I staked the pin on both sides.

 

Next time I have it apart I likely will stake it. My immediate concern on installing the hammer was that it would work properly at all.....now I know that it does.

Russ

 

I I'm also a huge fan of wide spurhammers on GI pattern guns. I had no-joy with the Masen wide spur I tried about 5 years ago, could not get two hammer strut pins to remotely work in the Masen part. I just ordered one of Fusions wide spurhammers so well see how that works. Gun looks good!

 

I had no-joy with the Masen wide spur I tried about 5 years ago, could not get two hammer strut pins to remotely work in the Masen part.

I was a bit leery of the Mason hammer before I got it, but once I looked at it and put in in the gun......then function checked it well......guess I was lucky.

At Brownells, the only other option for wide spur "GI" type hammers is the $145.00 Turnbull hammer. The Turnbull hammer is very nice looking but I just didn't want to spend that much on a hammer.

Russ

 

I added an old pre-70 Colt hammer to mine. Someone had messed with the hammer before I got it, and I didn't like the half cock notch, so I very carefully filed it into a series 80 type hammer. It was a pretty good chore, but come out fine in the end.

I also had some dragging issues on the extractor of my Springfield because the extractor was not flush with the slide and had to do a little work there. I think that is why the standard Springfield spur hammer is so narrow. It's just a cheap way to deal with not fitting the extractor like it should be.

Anyway, I love the wide hammer spur.

 

Looks great. For other looking for wide spur hammers there's usually several on ebay.

 

I like them much better than the combat commander type triggers that are just so cool now. Give far more control of the hammer, Just my opinion

 

Make sure you do a couple of function/safety checks with that hammer. Some things aren't as drop in as they appear sometimes...even after firing the gun like you have.

No mag and ammo obviously on these checks.

Lock the slide back and then let it slam home. Make sure the hammer doesn't follow.

Second test is basically the same as before, lock the slide back. This time though while pressing the trigger, let the slide slam home.

If it fails either of those, put the stock hammer back in.

Haven't heard great things about Masen parts but I do really like a short wide spur like that. Enjoy your pistol!!

 

Great advice Magus, I appreciate it. Thing is....the gun passed those....unloaded.... function test you describe perfectly. I "played" with the gun a good while before I even considered putting some rounds through it, and even then....I only loaded two rounds in the mag......in fact the entire box of 50 was shot only 2 rounds at a time. I was being very careful.
I was fully prepared for a possible two-round burst that did not happen......thank God!

Now, had the gun NOT passed all my function checking at the bench....NO WAY would I have considered a live test-fire. I would have then taken the gun to a local 1911 smith for opinions/custom fit.

I too have heard some negative things about Mason parts. I guess maybe I got lucky that this hammer seems to work perfectly .....so far. Who knows. The hammer could very well fail at some point in the future. Maybe not.

The thing is, is to always keep it in mind.


Russ