Posted: 2/12/2017 5:30:55 PM EDT
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I guess I have small hands or something as a 1911 has never bit me. I have even tried to grab the gun high enough to demonstrate to others what hammer bite is and still don't get it. when I was younger and skinny, it didn't happen. now, my skin gets caught and pinched between the top of the safety, and the bottom of the hammer. . |
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I did this one myself with hand tools. http://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/472/66605.JPG I don't and have never been bitten by a 1911 and I have shot them for decades. that looks wonderful Who did the hardchrome ? 
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I've got plenty with them, but there's just something about a plain 1911. Even if it hurts a little Skinny- or thin-handed guys experience less bite and blood from the old 1911 spur hammers banging down on the stock grip safety than fat-handed dudenals for a simple reason: the skinnies have less skin mass pudging-up over the tang of the grip safety during the recoil cycle. For the bulksters with the fleshy meat-paws, addling a custom beavertail or simply switching-out the spur hammer for a "Commander"-type resolves the blood-n-gore issue; however, I've also seen some guys just resort to wearing one of those fine leather "shooting" or golf gloves on their shooting hand, which seems to protect that fleshy web area just fine without having to modify the gun. The glove method would be important to a portly collector-type who owns, say, an all-correct WW2 1911A1 specimen through which he occasionally likes to shoot soft target-level wadcutters, but doesn't want to have to modify it with aftermarket parts just to survive a range session without blood loss. |
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I did this one myself with hand tools. http://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/472/66605.JPG I don't and have never been bitten by a 1911 and I have shot them for decades. Here's mine i did myself with handtools: 
It's really a lot easier than most make it out to be. I just wish my cerakote came out better. I think I may hardchrome it like yours one day. Where did you do yours? |
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I tried to shave the hammer like Col. Cooper recommends, and also changed to a commander hammer. I simply cannot shoot a 1911 without a beavertail. Even the first three gens of Glock will eventually leave me with a friction burn if I run a lot of rounds through them in one day. My hands aren't fat, but they are uuuuuuge.
A Walther PPK or a Sig P230 will leave me bloody with one shot. |
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Lose weight. Get a commander style hammer. Quit choking up so high on your chicken. Never had that problem with a 1911. Got nipped by a HighPower but didn't whine and post on FaceBook about it. Man up, drive on. <img src="http://www.ar15.com/images/smilies/smiley_thinking.gif" /> Stop kissing your sister. |
I have one of these. Someone needs to make them again. No more bite and no need to change or modify anything.
Midway Pachmayr Beavertail Grip Safety |
| All of my 1911/2011's have a beavertail. Won't have one without a beavertail. Even if you don't get bit, with enough rounds in a day of practice, you'll get a friction blister with stock safety. My BHP has a beavertail too. Didn't like getting bit any better with a HP than I did with a 1911. |
The Beavertail allows you to get a higher grip on the weapon... distributing recoil over your hand better ...and enabling you to shoot faster
 How to Grip a Handgun | Competitive Shooting Tips with Doug Koenig  Todd Jarrett on pistol shooting.  Pistol Grip Lesson- Shannon Smith- Grand Master and World Champion Shooter |