Help with HSc bite
 

My shiny new HSc bites. Does anyone have an easy solution to this problem?

Johnson & Johnson Band Aids...

No really, you need to check to see if you are gripping the gun properly... If an HSc turns out to be not your gun because of the shape of your hand, and custom grips can't fix it for you, then trade it for a Walther or other fine pocket gun...

I bought the HSc as a possible alternative to the Walther because if my grip is not just right on the Walther I get bloody railroad tracks on the web of my hand.
The HSc has a more traditional hammer bite and no alteration of my grip seems to solve the problem.
I've solved this with other guns by bobbing the hammer, but I'd rather not do that to this previously pristine and unfired HSc if I can avoid it.
The bite isn't as bad as with some other guns I've had, but is nonetheless distracting.

Buy a replacement hammer and 'bob' away... just keep the old one in case you decide to trade it later...

Tac,

With the HSc, it's the hammer that bites. The slide with the Walther; at least in my case.
I can solve the problem with the Walther by just changing my grip, though in a difficult situation that is not likely to be foremost in my mind.
The HSc is what this thread is about and that has a definite hammer bite.

David, I purchased a pair of golf gloves and use them when I shoot. Keeps my hands clean and protects them. I don't know if it would solve your HSC problem but it might. I owned one HSC and the kick was so horrible I sold it and have never gotten another.
They are thin and comfortable. I actually don't like to shoot without them.
Jerry Burney

Jerry,

That was my experience too (the recoil that is).
The blowback design exaggerates recoil. I just happened to also test a 9mm pistol today and it kicked much LESS than the HSc.
Though this suprised me, I don't really mind the recoil. But the hammer bite I do mind.
As I was thinking of substituting this as a carry gun for my Walther, the gloves are not a practical option.
And if I should need it for punching holes in something more substantial than paper, I needless to say, cannot be distracted by the anticipation of the hammer bite.

David..you'd be all set if you were attacked while golfing! The HSC reminds me of the Makarov. That's another small auto that hurts to shoot...Hard to get any practice in with a pistol you don't like because it hurts!

I always thought the 1903-08 Colt hammerless Pocket Auto was ideal in .380. Very slim, accurate, never jams easy to clean, Few moving parts.
I have a half dozen of them and they would make a great carry pistol.
Jerry Burney

Well, I don't have six of them, but I do have two. One blue with ivory grips and one nickel with pearl grips. I carry them when dressed up but not for daily.

Nope. Mind you, I don't carry them both at once!

Ok guys. As a confirmed early Colt nut. I must have pictures!!
BTW I only have one 1903, in 32cal and one 1908 vest pocket, and two 1911's. along with a couple of their revolvers from around 1920's. But hope more will find their way to my door soon.

David, If I remember right Colt made a half million .380's and a million and a half .32's. .380 Cal. pistols are not rare but scarce.
Fine little pistols. I don't think there is a better example made today. Against my better judgement, my Wife Ellie carries one for self defense. While I trust the design I trust a revolver more...Jerry Burney

A lady with a 4" Model 29 she knows how to use. Now there's something that commands respect!

Damn! Should have kept my mouth shut.
That safe is the one hidden behind... well, never mind. But it is a pain to get to, the idea being that a would-be thief would lose interest in "excavating" and spend his time instead on the decoy safe that is out in the open.
The decoy safe has real guns in it, but inexpensive and replaceable ones.

Here's the nickel one as I got it. The ivory grips in the picture were swapped with the pearl grips that came on the blued one.

David, A thing of beauty! Jerry Burney

Thanks Jerry,

You should see her with her pearl bloomers!
The guy who had them originally thought they were after-market because they didn't have Colt medallions. Luckily for me, they were the early ones that didn't come with medallions so the grips alone are worth $6-800!

There are some guns that just have classic beauty and a lot of them seem to be Colts.

Well, here is what a portion of the NRA firearms assembly guide for pistols and revolvers has to say about the Mauser HSc Pocket Pistol: "The design has one drawback for a person with a large hand. If the gun is gripped and fired hurriedly , there is a good chance that the hammer will catch a fold of skin between the shooter's thumb and forefinger as it forces back to the full **** position. Aside from this, the gun reflects the design skill that made the Mauser name famous."

Mauser720 - Ron

Masuer720,

I have small but somewhat meaty hands and there is no way I can grip this gun properly without putting a hunk of skin on the chopping block. I'll either have to find and bob a substitute hammer or sell the gun.

Well, at least you know that it is not anything that you are doing "wrong." It is just a poor grip design.

Mauser720 - Ron