Reaching The 1858 Hammer

[rfhall50]

I have a pair of Cimarron (Uberti) 1858 in 44. I use them for SASS Cowboy Action shooting in Duelist category, I.e., single strong hand. I don’t have large hands and getting on top of the hammer to cock it is a bit of a challenge. Has anyone lowered their hammer to be able to reach it easier? In Cowboy Shooting it’s called a Blackhawk hammer. See picture below.

Thank. You

 

[Bad Karma]

I have a pair of Cimarron (Uberti) 1858 in 44. I use them for SASS Cowboy Action shooting in Duelist category, I.e., single strong hand. I don’t have large hands and getting on top of the hammer to cock it is a bit of a challenge. Has anyone lowered their hammer to be able to reach it easier? In Cowboy Shooting it’s called a Blackhawk hammer. See picture below.

Thank. You

Elmer Keith experimented with this on many guns even went so far as to have some slip hammer guns made up. You would need to find a gunsmith willing to cut and reweld the spur a bit lower down.

 

[rfhall50]

Kind of what I figured. Thanks.

 

[1stnamebassist]

I had seen an article once about doing that. They cut out a bit of the hammer then bent it down a bit, then carefully welded to fill in the missing metal. Then some files to blend it all back together. You think the Remington hammer is tough to reach, you see the one on my Roger’s & Spencer! Good luck with your project!