The Frontier Sixshooter Community Message Board - Love those Colts. Especially the 3 incher.

Love those Colts. Especially the 3 incher. (reply)

Scribe — Mon, 04 Apr 2016 12:19:04 +0000

A holy Grail gun.

Scribe

I am with Rob on this one.... (reply)

Charles — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 14:23:37 +0000

I have had these Colt hammer shrouds on both a Cobra and an Agent. It requires D&T three holes in the pistol. With a little technique, hammers don't hang up. I carry both a 2" Chief Special and 3" Detective Special in pocket holsters and don't have a problem.

Soft-ware rather than hardware solution (reply)

Scribe — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 12:45:38 +0000

That's exactly what Mas Ayoob told me at LFI back in the late '80s.

Thing is, I like the look of the hammer shroud.

Scribe

Soft-ware rather than hardware solution (reply)

Rob Leahy — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 01:06:35 +0000

learned while using a M37 in a pocket holster: place thumb on hammer spur during the initial draw. flattens hand out thumb creates anti snag "shroud" ... Once I learned that I never bobbed a hammer again.

BUT (reply)

SIXGUNNER — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 15:58:19 +0000

DRILLING AND TAPPING THREE HOLES IN A '51 DS IS A GOOD WAY TO CUT THE VALUE IN HALF!

CHECK OUT "WALLER AND SONS HAMMER SHROUDS" (reply)

SIXGUNNER — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 15:47:27 +0000

FOR COLT AND S&W

Hammer Shroud for Colt Detective Special

Scribe — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 13:46:44 +0000

Anybody know where I can get one of these? Cylinder & Slide I know about and those guys are pricy. Any other places?

Also, the Colt DS is a Second issue (1951) but still has the shorter ejector rod. Can that be replaced for the longer one?

Pretty decent shape overall -- it's as old as I am -- and I do have a Tyler T-grip adapter on it to prevent from stringing my shots. Tried it Saturday and it worked nicely with three different kinds of ammo, including the Hornady Critical Defense Lite load. (Shoots little low.) Babs loves the box it comes in -- she has Stage IV breast cancer, metasized to her bones, lungs and liver -- and the fact that a portion of its sales go to breast cancer research.

Scribe