taurus home gunsmithing question

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I have a little taurus 450..I've turned the springs a bit and deburred it a bit and the double action trigger is not bad..(it's not in the ron power or jerry miculek class, but it seems ok to me and is my knock-around pickup truck gun anyway)....problem this revolver has always had and more so now maybe is a very light single action pull...it takes very little to set it off, believe me I've seen me do it!....now, I'd like to remove the hammer spur and make it so this thing cannot be manually cocked...to do this..is simply cutting spur off hammer with a file and then dressing up the ugly spot with extra fine files and some stones adequate? any special issues to be aware of before I tear into this thing again? thanks.
 
I have the Taurus 941 and 905 and they are both the sameway.I pull the hammer back SA you best be behind me the sightest touch and it will fire.Have been thinking like you to go in and redo the springs and cut down the hammer.I did find on the 941 when you pulled the hammer back it hit on the rubber grips.After trimming was a little better :)
 
How about just not pulling the hammer back?

Beware tinkering with a Taurus, because spare parts are hard to come by. I recently tried to purchase a hammer spring, and was told I would have to send the whole gun in to get a replacement. It's a "restricted part", you see. :rolleyes:
 
The latest issue (April '05) of Handloader has an article on a customized Taurus .38. (A Taurus revolver as a race gun -- the mind boggles.)

One of the customizations is a set screw in the back of the trigger, that keeps the hammer from being pulled back far enough to cock the gun for single action fire.

That sounds like a good (and repentable) way to do what you want to do.
 
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The two of mine if you shot DA you better have a very strong finger.For two small guns the trigger pull is awful.But in SA to light somewhere there should be a happy medium :confused:
 
Yes, there should be. "I Are Not An Gunsmith", but it sounds like the geometry of the hammer/trigger engagement surfaces could be worked on to provide more positive engagement. I don't know how suitable the surface-hardened MIM parts are for that kind of work, though.

IIRC, bobbing a hammer can cause light strikes, as you remove some of the mass needed to whack the primer with sufficient force.
 
I recently tried to purchase a hammer spring, and was told I would have to send the whole gun in to get a replacement. It's a "restricted part", you see.
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So Ruger's not the only one to pull that stuff?
 
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not sure why, but I've not had the trouble with taurus getting parts..shipped me mainspring and trigger ret spring and ifring pin ret pin recently. think I learned answer to me question...it seems (as far as I can tell) that the spurless hammers are a different weight...and just removing spur can reduce hammer weight too much for reliable ignition..especially if running already lightened springs (as I am). So, will see if Taurus will ship me an approproiate hammer or not..and that way can retain old one in the remote liklhood I decide to convert back again.
 
wolf springs?

as for wolf springs and such, you really don't need them..just "turn" your factory springs a bit..removed 10 to 12/1000's of the spring OD using a dremel belt sdander with fine grit..is something I learned in an armorer's class years ago and it works just fine...just don't over do it...and remember springs need to have adequate resistance to function as they should, but some turning smooths action surprisingly without injury to reliability in my experience anyway.
 
My local FFL/shop/gunsmith tells me he will stop selling Taurus
handguns as soon as his stock is gone because they will not
ship him parts, instead, they want the guns shipped to them.
 
Wolf has several different weight hammer springs for Taurus revolvers.

My 606 has an action job,Wolf hammer spring, bobbed hammer and converted to D/A only. It came out great, light,smooth and 100% reliable. I'll be ordering hammer springs for my 85 and 605 in the near future.

I've bobbed the hammer on several of my snubbies including my 85 and 605. I scribbed a line on the hammer then roughed it into shape with a bench grinder. I finished up with a Dremel then various grits of sandpaper to remove any scratches. A little cold blueing finished things up.
 
I've ran about 500 rounds, mostly .357's or .38+p's, through the 606 without one misfire. I haven't changed the springs in the 85 or 605 yet but i have bobbed the hammer on both guns. They've both had about 200 rounds each ran through them. No misfires with either gun. I plan on changing the springs when i get the time.

I know of one 605 that had ignition problems after having the hammer bobbed and the hammer spring changed. The 'smith installed a heavier Wolf spring and that cured the occasional misfire problem.

That's one reason i run atleast 500 rounds through any gun that i might use for a defense gun.
 
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