Is Spur Hammer better for USP45c?
- Thread starter Kestrel
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Bingo. Or, for guys used to the 1911 manual of arms, it makes decocking easier.
One potential problem with a Variant 1 USP carried cocked/locked is that partial downward pressure on the control lever/safety/decocker can prevent the trigger from releasing the hammer. Obviously, this is not something you want happening when you really, really need the gun to go bang.
Since many 1911-style shooters ride the safety, the odds of a partial decock malf are significant. Switching to a non-decock variant eliminates the hazard but a non-spurred hammer makes it unsafe to lower the hammer under thumb pressure.
For whatever it's worth, I've read an ambidextrous safety is another cure for the partial-decock blues.
Actually, since I don't have one, I don't decock a 1911 at all. 
Ya got me, Gravity. I've seen guys do it but it was admittedly after they've dropped the mag and cleared the chamber -- prior to packing up. I guess the softer let-down is easier on the firing pin, but I assumed it was S.O.P. for a 1911. Come to think of it, I guess there's not much reason to lower the hammer on a chambered round.
My apologies for spreading bad information. That's one reason I usually stay on the receiving end of information around here.
Ya got me, Gravity. I've seen guys do it but it was admittedly after they've dropped the mag and cleared the chamber -- prior to packing up. I guess the softer let-down is easier on the firing pin, but I assumed it was S.O.P. for a 1911. Come to think of it, I guess there's not much reason to lower the hammer on a chambered round.
My apologies for spreading bad information. That's one reason I usually stay on the receiving end of information around here.
Exactly. Cocking the hammer shouldn't be necessary as it is already accomplished by chambering the first round. If it is lowered and cocking is necessary, I'm assuming it was intentionally done for some reason. Maybe carrying in DA, but when you "need" to shoot more accurately and have the time, you cock to put it in SA for a better trigger pull?
Can't see any reason why a hammer change without mainspring change would affect the power the primer is struck with.
Just tryin to figure it out...
Kirk Keller
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I have the same
... and I would leave it just the way it is. With the weapon decocked via the decocking lever, the spur hammer becomes functionally irrelevant. Some would argue that it makes it easier to re-cock the weapon to acquire a lighter trigger pull, but the DA pull resulting from the decocked weapon is not bad at all and just pulling the trigger in a tense situation is going to be easier to handle than trying to cock the hammer.
... and I would leave it just the way it is. With the weapon decocked via the decocking lever, the spur hammer becomes functionally irrelevant. Some would argue that it makes it easier to re-cock the weapon to acquire a lighter trigger pull, but the DA pull resulting from the decocked weapon is not bad at all and just pulling the trigger in a tense situation is going to be easier to handle than trying to cock the hammer.