Ruger SP101"bobbed hammer"
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ronto
Hunter
You can not change a DAO into a SA/DA by changing the hammer only. This should be obvious to you by simply pulling back the boobed hammer. Does it stay cocked in the SA position?...No, it does not.
If you don't like the DAO model, trade it in on a SA/DA model.
If you don't like the DAO model, trade it in on a SA/DA model.
JLarsson
Single-Sixer
RonT said:
This may or may not be true because the SA notch is on the hammer and the trigger of the DAO model WILL engage it if a SA/DA hammer is installed. I have converted a DAO SP-101 to SA/DA. The hammer COULD have dropped in and I would have been done. As it happened, I had to do some fitting of the pawl and the trigger plunger (I think I used new ones) in order to make it work smoothly and get it timed right.
The more difficult issue would be finding a hammer.
chris_
Blackhawk
This is correct. Aside from fitting, it will work because the DA/SA hammer has a SA notch and the DAO trigger does not.JLarsson said:
JLarsson
Single-Sixer
chris_ said:
I'm sure you meant "hammer". It sounds like you've been through this, as well.
chris_
Blackhawk
Oops, yep. :lol: I have been down this road a few times.JLarsson said:
Ashlander
Single-Sixer
Sounds like a job for a smith. If I ever tried to fit anything -- and it went well -- it'd be pure luck.
ronto
Hunter
As I said before, just trade in the DAO and buy a DA/SA. Monkey with the DAO and you will probably void the warranty...and BTW if you have car trouble, don't take your car to a shade-tree mechanic.
JLarsson
Single-Sixer
Funny - I do quite a bit of my own mechanic work as well.....
I wanted to get a second SA/DA hammer to bob myself but Ruger wouldn't sell it even though I run a gun repair/refurbishment business.
Thel
Blackhawk
Hammers can be found at e-gunparts.com (Numrich) and from some others places but it usually takes searching for several months (or it did me). I even found once at a gunshop in MA using Google.
