92FS Experts?

[freedom-lover]

Thanks foothillman. Great photos and explaination

[dave85620]

I was reading something interesting regarding the skelotonized hammer for the 92fs and was wondering if anyone has had a similar experience. From what I understand the hammer is simply an aesthetic upgrade, but this guy says different and it makes sense to me. Here is the text taken from an Ebay review:


" If you're NOT going to replace the hammer spring with the reduced weight "D" spring, then adding this hammer will be strictly cosmetic. You will not notice any difference in ignition time as it's already pretty fast when using the factory hammer spring and hammer. If you do opt to install the "D" spring however, then I highly recommend going with this lighter hammer as well. Those who install the "D" spring will notice right away (besides the benefit of a lighter DA pull), the hammer will take ever so slightly longer to strike, thereby reducing ignition time ever so slightly as well. Makes perfect sense since there's less force dropping the hammer now. 1911 shooters who have been replacing their mainsprings with reduced weight springs will know what I'm talking about here. The lighter the hammer however, the less force necessary to drive it home, thereby increasing the ignition time. In this case, the combination of using a reduced weight "D" hammer spring and skeletonized trigger will get you back to where you were before.

[Vinnie Boombatz]

I saw a guy on YouTube weigh the two hammers and there’s really a negligible difference between the two.

[dave85620]

From the Beretta website:

"Beretta factory original skeleton*ized hammer not only looks cool but can improve cycle time because of the lighter weight."

[Wheellock]

maybe they mean lower moment of inertia? that would give a faster lock time.