Never seen this happen before.

[CRACKERJACK]

So stoked.

[kiloechovictor]

Holy s***. You're scaring me with that, I just transfered my dad's Python to my name. How did that happen?

[Joe]

Wow. Thats scary.

[swifty]

Hmm, looks like that safety is gone.

[CRACKERJACK]

Just shooting it and that piece of the hammer randomly broke off. It flung back and hit me right in the glasses like a bat out of hell. At the time I didn't put any thought into it. Just said to myself, wow that casing really shot out of there and just kept shooting. It wasn't till about 5 minutes later I realized, why the hell did anything fly out/off of my revolver.

[InGrAM]

ouch.....

[Markus]

So obviously this is a bad thing anytime something breaks off your gun its bad m'kay? How much is that gonna run you to get fixed? Ive been meaning to save some money and lay down the 1k plus for one of those bad boys but now im not so sure...

[BayAreaShooter]

That sucks but just be glad it was not something more serious.

It flung back and hit me right in the glasses like a bat out of hell.

One more reason to wear shooting glasses for those who don't.

[CRACKERJACK]

So obviously this is a bad thing anytime something breaks off your gun its bad m'kay? How much is that gonna run you to get fixed? Ive been meaning to save some money and lay down the 1k plus for one of those bad boys but now im not so sure...

I've seen the hammer alone priced at 45$, just haven't found someone with it in stock. So looks like I have to go with getting the whole hammer assembly, which I've seen for 85$. Still looking though.

And never opened up a revolver before, so still undecided if I want to do it myself or not. Knowing me and how tight I am with my money though I better start watching some how to youtube videos.

[Chief-7700]

Just shooting it and that piece of the hammer randomly broke off. It flung back and hit me right in the glasses like a bat out of hell. At the time I didn't put any thought into it. Just said to myself, wow that casing really shot out of there and just kept shooting. It wasn't till about 5 minutes later I realized, why the hell did anything fly out/off of my revolver.

Never seen a empty case fly out of a wheel gun! If your gun is a Python take it to a gunsmith who know about Colts. Using the proper sized hollow ground screwdrivers Colt side plates are not that hard to get off with a soft faced hammer.

[liketoshoot]

OK you scared the sh*t out of my wife!!
she even said revolvers do not eject cases'....
Please stop when anything out of the ordinary happens..
Good luck that day.

[Chief-7700]

I've seen the hammer alone priced at 45$, just haven't found someone with it in stock. So looks like I have to go with getting the whole hammer assembly, which I've seen for 85$. Still looking though.

And never opened up a revolver before, so still undecided if I want to do it myself or not. Knowing me and how tight I am with my money though I better start watching some how to youtube videos.

The acquisition of replacement parts is the easy part. Where it gets difficult is the hand fitting of the replacement parts. Colts aren't that difficult to take apart if YOU know what your doing and have the PROPER tools to do the job.
Chief

[fullspeed1]

Must of been an MIM part off a Kimber

[stormvet]

Thats pretty funny about the MIM.

Stuff happens to things that explode or house controlled explosions. FYI to the noobes,(not talkin to the OP, or anyone in specific) guns brake you fix them and drive on.

[otteray]

Just shooting it and that piece of the hammer randomly broke off. It flung back and hit me right in the glasses like a bat out of hell. At the time I didn't put any thought into it. Just said to myself, wow that casing really shot out of there and just kept shooting. It wasn't till about 5 minutes later I realized, why the hell did anything fly out/off of my revolver.

Damn hi-capacity assault revolver magazine causing erratic brass discharge. Yep, seen that before.

So, oh well, no biggee I'll just keep on shooting...