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Originally Posted by boscobeans
Clarification from WALTHER....
When you have your pistol loaded with 1 in the chamber and the gun is on SAFE (meaning there is a hammer block holding the hammer back a fraction of an inch) there can be a discharge when the hammer travels that fraction of an inch from the blocked position when you disengage the safety.
Sounds like the hammer block (safety) is more of a sear and instead of rolling the hammer down it drops it like a rock.
bosco
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This makes some sense out of the recall notice, but, on inspection of my ppk/s, it turns out that the hammer rests a fraction of an inch away from the hammer block.
On my Bersa and P22 the hammer block pushes the hammer back a fraction of an inch, but the ppk/s hammer does not rest against the hammer block/firing pin assembly. When the hammer is down, I must push it forward to rest on the hammer block. When firing, the inertia of the hammer carries it forward to strike the pin. I thought this was a safety feature (sort of like an inertial firing pin). The hammer doesn't move when the safety is cycled, so there is no hammer movement to set off a round when disengaging the safety.
Anyone else's ppk/s like this?
Hans