Strange AR Hammer
I was working on a rifle that had problems. It would fire and pick up and chamber a new round, but most of the time the hammer would follow the carrier and not fire. I broke down the lower and when I pulled the hammer and compared it with a known good one, I notice that the shape was about right, but the length of the hammer was shorter. The Hammer had a notch, but the length of the notch was 1/3 the normal size and measuring the hammer, the length was shorter by almost an 1/8 inch.
There are 2 S's marked on the hammer head at a 90 degree angle from the length and the hammer is not been ground down ( Was made this way )...does anyone know what this thing is? Sorry don't have a picture at this time
Walt
Photo please.
Will try to get photos tomorrow
All brand hammers are not the same length. Nothing really unusual about the length difference.
The hammers with the two S marks have been in a lot of different kits lately but they are not the only ones that are made to the shorter length.
this one sure has a hard time recocking, got lucky once and had a about a 6 shot string, but usually it was a FTF after firing...like I said, would reload a new round, but fail to cock the hammer
Walt
The hammer might be a problem if the trigger notch on it is off. I was just commenting about the length..
