Hammer Question

[Matt Valinsky]

So in order to determine if the plate needs to have a bushing installed I would need to remove the hammer and I'm guessing the side plate? There is one screw and 5 pins. The screw is removed, thats easy. Do the pins have to be drifted and from which side if they do and are tapered? Is there anything else that needs to be done so that I don't have to be looking for pieces and parts all over the shop floor?

BTW, when the hammer is cocked it doesn't move at all. Well, not till I Pull the trigger.

[Pa SxS]

Those pins are fixed. You need to remove the side plates to see the lock mechanism. If I recall, those pins, on the inside of the lock plates, are what the screws that hold the locking mechanism in place screw into. You don't have to take the hammers off to take the side lock plates off.

If you take the plates off, when you put them back on, remember to move the trigger flat out of the way.