Hammer bite on a hi-power

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Yet another question...

How does one go about not getting pinched by the hammer on a Browning Hi-Power? I like the way it shot, but the Inglis I tried kept pinching me in that area between my thumb and index finger. That forced me to lower my grip which wasn't really comfortable. I get the feeling modern Hi-Powers have the same problem... jeez, maybe I should just go with a CZ already... :cool:

Thanks Guys
 
Yeah only gun that bit me was a piece of #### Llama .45. Most others are fine.
 
The lack of a beavertail is simply not there. You can have a pistolsmith put on a good bevertail for a price or possibly you can obtain what is often called a "lanyard" hammer being a sort of rounded hammer with a hole in it & usually that will eliminate said problem, but changing the hammer also requires working on the trigger pull for you might have the present gun down to a nice 7 lbs or even 4 lbs only with a new hammer & nothing done to the trigger pull it can be something like 12 or 13 lb trigger pull though a good pistolsmith can bring that to around 6 lbs & then lapping in the trigger pull will be around 5 lbs which is about the best you can get with a Browning P-35 though I had mine down to 4.5 lbs.
 
The prices I have seen for an extended beavertail grip on a HiPower is about $300 USD + refinishing. I appears that there are only 3 or 4 'smiths doing this conversion - Novak, Yost, Laughridge are names that come to mind.

RePete.
 
As I have both Browning P-35 with bevertail & CZ-75 so I can assure you the CZ-75's hammer will not bite the web or your hand due to the bevertail on the frame which is darn good plus being easier & faster to field strip & put back togeather within seconds. Also I like the bit extra length in the slide/bbl compared to the Browning P-35. Only thing you might want to do with the CZ-75 is a good set of adjustable sights AND have the front of the grip checkered or stippled or use the skate board material to give more grip, but that can go for the Browning P-35 as well.
 
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ONt the beavertail, Novak hands down does the best job, but, Cylinder & Slide makes Commander style hammers that are vedry small and you willnot have this problem. I have big hands and had this problem with a stock hammer, changes it to an older Commnader style hammer with the smae results, changes back again to a spur hammer and grounds it down, same thing, then got the C&S hammer and it worked very well, it is available from Brownells. Try it before you spend the bucks on the beavertail. Novak already has the tail pre made and then welds it on and blends it. I knwo of one smith here in Canada who showed some intereste in doing this for me, if you are interested, PM me and I will give you his name and you can call and see if he would be willing to do it.
 
For all the shots I've fired with military and civilian Brownings I have NEVER been bitten - and I have hands as big as they make gloves. What kind of grip are you taking ?!?

For bullseye shooting my first pistol coach taught me to lick the thin web of the firing hand and twist the gun in, sort of rolling the soft skin inside. For faster shooting, my lower fingers get the gun out of the holster and the rest of the hand just grabs on.
 
I'm with Maple_Leaf_eh on this one. Maybe I've been lucky, but I've never been bitten by the CF HP's nor my MkII or MkIII HP's...

The MkII had a spur hammer and the MkIII has the little stubby SFS hammer. No biter there.

Knock on wood......

Barney
 
One of the fellas I shoot IDPA with has one, and on a bad night his hand gets kinda bloody. It seems to be a personal thing, as I seldom get bit myself.... I looked at the hammers in brownells, but they all ring in over 100$ and so need export permits:mad:
 
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