Iver Johnson (Uberti) Buckhorn 44 Mag

[blair]

I just bought the above, looks new in the box, never fired.  I have a question about the spring loaded piece located below the hammer mounted firing pin.  Any idea what its for?  Any other information about the pistol would be appreciated.  Someone wrote on the box "sold in 1976"

[blair]

anyone?  Somebody is bound to have a Uberti hammer mounted firing pin

[SAA]

Itīs a safety bar.
If your gun is manufactured in 1976 it should be stamped with "AB", 1975 stamping is "AA" and 1974 is "XXX".

[44 Man]

When you put the hammer in the safety notch, that piece swings up and is a positive block for the hammer to rest on.  It was an effort to make the gun safe to carry with 6 rounds without having to add a transfer bar.  It's a good system that Uberti used on several name guns, the Iver Johnson, Navy Arms, and several others.  Others had a long cylinder pin that would block the hammer when pushed back into the second notch.  This was unhandy and unuseable in the field and was there only to satisfy the lawyers while the hammer lever is a true safety.  Enjoy that gun, it's a shooter.  44 Man