repair broken hammer

[Colonial Boy]

sorry Colonial but I can't understand your comment

With Rigby’s reputation for really great gun work there is no way that he or his gunsmiths would even consider using a casting for a hammer.
Colt, Remington et al used castings for grip frames and trigger guards but not for hammers.
Of the many hundreds of period hammer blanks that I have examined none were cast, even if only for the fact that it was faster and cheaper to make forgings than castings.

 

[tallPercshooter]

I had a Numrich Minuteman .45 percussion rifle where the thumbpiece was broken off the hammer. The hammer was cast, and was HOLLOW. Just a shell. Rest of hammer stood up well, guess someone dropped the rifle on the tip of the hammer.

 

[Philip Lebow]

I'm back from surgery, finally. I can weld a new spur on for you. Send the hammer, with a picture or engraving or photo of the replacement.
will cut a piece of steel and weld it on. Most of the old hammers are forgings. They do fracture due to carbon content like modern ones used to do before
MIMs became popular. Call LRK Mechanical Services at 928-776-6483, tell whoever answers that Phil said we could do it.