Anybody have a Bounty Hunter?

PaulB47 · Dec 21, 2016

I have a .44 Mag Bounty Hunter with a strange problem.

When I pull the hammer back to full cock, sometimes the sear catches it and sometimes not. If I am careful it usually catches.

I thought the sear notch would be screwed up somehow, but I finally took it apart and that looks fine. What I think is happening is that a bump on the hammer farther down is bumping the sear out of the sear notch. I could file it down but I wondered first if anyone else had encountered this and how they fixed it, if they did.

Stomper · Dec 21, 2016

You should name it, "Dog" (the bounty hunter)

ThemGunsThough · Dec 21, 2016

Stomper said:
You should name not, "Dog" (the bounty hunter)

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Exactly the first thing I thought of when I read the thread title.

PaulB47 · Dec 22, 2016

I found that it's not being bumped out of the notch, but instead, (with the grip on) I can't pull the hammer back enough to catch the sear notch unless I am forceful. So I have to investigate some more with that.

I'm starting to remember why I just left this gun in my gun safe. Besides the above problem, the trigger has a weird angle to it. Maybe that is standard with SAA Colts, I don't know (this is supposed to be a clone).

Rocklock · Dec 22, 2016

Check the trigger return spring (Sear/bolt spring). Sometimes the little arm that contacts the trigger breaks off or the screw that holds the whole thing down may have loosened.

CountryGent · Jan 1, 2017

If you are the original owner, EAA will do warrantee repair. Info here.

PaulB47 · Jan 2, 2017

The hammer spring curves around the rear curve of the front strap as you cock the hammer. Toward the end of the cocking motion it is basically lying on the front strap and the only part that has room to bend further is the tip of the spring, and this is where the resistance is. It looked like I needed to file down that portion of the front strap to give the spring more room to curve around at that point, which I did. I think I made it work easier and may go back and file a little more. Anyway as it is now I just have to pull the hammer back with some authority to make sure it catches.

I kinda like the design of the grip on this gun, makes lots of sense. For one thing, no screws to hold grip panels on.

I don't want to send a $250 gun through the mail. I think I'm set now.

I'm glad I looked anyway. I was getting some rust in and around the firing pin that needed removal.

This gun I think is the only Bounty Hunter in existence with a Belt Mountain cylinder pin. I asked Kanye to make one for it, and he was able to modify a Ruger pin to do the job.