Long time ago, I bobbed the hammer on my M-60. Now...I would like to checker the top for extra traction when I want to cock for single action.

Wow! Hammer hard as glass! Anyone experienced with spot annealing this stainless material?

I have a new firing pin rivet on the way , so we won't have to waste ink on that issue

I may be the last person on the planet to know this, but Roger Kehr broughtg me up to speed on the M60 hammers...They are not stainless
Checked this out with cold blue..sure enugh!

Mine is the 38 Special (no dash) so might not be universal

I have one done the same way, given to me by a friend. I will ask how he did it. I will say, dont take it as far as mine, this one would saw bone it is so sharp. I have as calloused hands and fingers you will find, and I still find it sharp.

I called and talked to him Duane.
He doesnt remember having to anneal the area. Just used a new checkering/hatching file.

The very first production Mod 60 hammers and triggers were stainless steel.

S&W switched those components over to carbon steel just before the dash-one (-1) variation came out.

At first, S&W supplied some guns w/the common case colored hmmer & trigger.
Then Smith went over to flash chrome plating the case hardened carbon steel hammer & trigger to better match the guns stainless steel .

A Dash-1 Mod 60 should have a 'R' prefix to the ser#.
It should have the flash chrome finished carbon steel hammer (and trigger).

...and it may just be a casehardened hammer that someone has removed the 'color' from so it better matched the stainless finish of the revolver.

So, the top edge of the hammer if an untouched factory finish should be a flash chrome finish (to look like Stainless Steel) over a case hardened carbon steel component.
Or just the thin case hardened surface w/colors removed (this would 'take' cold blue in most instances,,the hard chrome likely not).


Stone thru that thin surface or belt grind, and you will be into the soft core of the hammer steel. A few .000".

The area where the hammer spur was removed is already down past the chrome and case hardening of course.

Well...my paticular hammer is not plated and not stainless (pretty easiy checked with cold blue)

From what I hear, the variations of the Model 60 would fill a book.
Decided just to leave it as is...The DA pull is quite smooth and light
Thanks Duane