Eagenator Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 New member to this forum. I have an old Remington Model 1873 10 gage side by side that was my fathers and it's missing the right side hammer. I have attached a photo of the left hammer for viewing the design and would like to know the best way to find a replacement for the right side hammer. Any thoughts on how to procure the piece? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagenator Posted March 6 Author Share Posted March 6 Sorry here is the pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Check here https://www.gunpartscorp.com/ or here https://jackfirstinc.com/ inventories change so check regularly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Marks Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Parts for those old gals are hard to come by. May be easier to make one on your own. Plus you’d have a cool story to pass along with it. It is also possible to modify a hammer for a similar modern gun. My point is if you can’t find the exact part you still have options. Whatever path you find yourself on I wish you well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 The 1873 Hammer Lifter model Remington is fairly scarce. It was Remington's first cartridge double barrel shotgun. The hammers are unique for a cartridge gun in that the hammer face was recessed like a cap and ball hammer. They only built about 5,000 so finding a hammer is going to take a lot of searching and luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warden Callaway Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Try Dixie Gun Works. They use to carry kind of generic hammers. If you can find one with the right arc, you can modify the hole to match the tumbler. Fortunately, the right side. Lots of parts to build reproduction percussion rifles and shotguns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warden Callaway Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Here is a guy that made one for a percussion double. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warden Callaway Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 https://www.dixiegunworks.com/index/page/category/category_id/365/name/Hammers?view_all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagenator Posted March 7 Author Share Posted March 7 All thanks for al the feedback! Just have another question. One of the sites showed a hammer that looks very similar but it mentions a measurement that I'm not sure what it means. It says "HM104 Hammer - Percussion 1 5/8 inch throw". Does anyone know where the 1 5/8 is measured from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warden Callaway Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 I'd say the distance from the center of the pivot post to the center of the hammer face. The arc the hammer nose travels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend P. Babcock Chase Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Howdy E, Just a thought, The hammer in your photo does not look like an original. Frankly, it looks like it came off a percussion lock. The fact that it is on the left lock puzzles me. With luck you may be able to find a right hand percussion one is similar. Just don't ask me for a source other than those listed above. Good Luck, Rev. Chase Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc10039 Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 There is a gentleman named Garland Jackson who I have gotten parts for my Remington 1889. His number is 3306692138. That's probably going to be your best bet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Fill 'Em 67797 Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 This reminds me of the time my local gunsmith, a very talented guy and a master machinist, had a customer come in with a similar old shotgun that belonged to his grandfather. One of the barrels would not shoot and the guy wanted it fixed. So the gunsmith figured out what was wrong with it, but no parts were available, so he machined the new parts. When the customer came back to pick it up, he asked why the bill was so high. Jimmy, the gunsmith, said that he had to make the parts from scratch. The customer said “ We’ll, I didn’t want to spend that much, I’m just going to hang it on the wall.” So Jimmy said “Then why did you want it fixed?” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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