Argentine Navy 45 biting hand

[Kaprota]

my 45 is pinching the web of skin between my thumb and index finger. Solution? i am tired of bleeding there. A friend told me to hold it lowwer. That doesn't feel natural. The hammer comes back and smashes the skin on the grip safety.

[Savage]

Makes a good case for changing the hammer and beaver tail. That's the only real fix for the problem.
Savage

[mak43]

A drop in fit beavertail safety would be goal #1 .... and a commander hammer would be a good addition also.  Here is a link to a Wilson drop in beavertail so you wont have to order a jig and cut your frame.

Great, wont let me post a link. Anyway, you can go to Midway USA, Brownells, about any major supplier and find one... or use a search engine ( Yahoo, Bing,Google)   Brownells parts number 965-429-100.

[Savage]

I always smile when I hear (Drop In) in reference to aftermarket pistol parts.
Savage

[anachronism]

I always smile when I hear (Drop In) in reference to aftermarket pistol parts.
Savage

Me too. I've spent a small fortune on files, stones and other tools to make "Drop In" parts work.

[Kaprota]

Should I get both or which one first?
Thanks for the replies

[Mikey]

Kaprota:  I would get both at the same time because you can't install a beavertail grip safety without a Commander style hammer.  I have used King's drop-in beavertail grip safeties for years, without bite, pinch or anything else, and it is a 'drop-in part.  As for hammers - you can get commander style hammers from Brownells, and other places as well. 
 
I had a Argentine 1927 Army pistol for years, and that dang thing always bit the hay outta me.  If I ahd not wanted to leave mine original I would have switched out the grip safety and hammer early on.  HTH.

[03A2]

The fast, cheap "bubba" method would be to simply grind/file that spur back until it no longer bites you, hopefully leaving enough you can still get a good grab with your thumb.  Depends what condition and future your pistol has.  Some pretty high dollar custom Hi-Powers have this treatment, seems not quite as many 1911's, maybe tradition, maybe the overabundance of spare parts?

[bagdadjoe]

Argentines are supposed to do that!    Both of mine did it, but I collected quite a few groundhogs with them. I just used an ordinary thin leather glove (on my shooting hand, not the gun ) and for a couple of bucks the problem went away. Or, you could just sell it to ol' Bagdadjoe...he likes hammer bite.

[Mikey]

Kaprota:  just thought of something here.  Handled a buddy's 1927 Colt - Argentine Army model and saw that the hammer is the same as it was on mine - a bit larger (longer, front to back) than the military hammer for the US Model 1911A1.  I think they referred to that model hammer as a target hammer - it was/is knurled on the back half but it is that part of the hammer, the back half, that pinches you when your skin gets caught between that (the hammer) and the back end of the grip safety.  If you have not yet received or ordered your parts, you could try switching just the hammer to a mil-spec hammer and see if that gives your hand a break. 

[williamlayton]

At any rate---you are going to work on the gun and parts are fairly inexpensive--I would buy all the parts at one time and get the gun ready to run--at one time.
It is the Smithing part that is expensive----I know because I help support one or two.
Blessings

[bagdadjoe]

Personally, I wouldn't grind on the gun, maybe swap parts as was suggested.  Even these are becoming collectible.  I paid around $200 each for mine....what are they selling for now?  They're not making them anymore, and everytime someone alters an original, it decreases the pool.  Used to, you could find any number of untouched 1903's and 1917's for cheap, know what I'm saying?