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Fake hammers? Saw a Powell like that before.
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I don't know if they are fake hammers. If so, they went to a lot of trouble to put the anvil on each sideplate. Maybe Purdey was using the Grey patent. Hammer lookalikes are actually cocking levers for centerfire interior strikers. ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/WwEhATn.jpg)
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Those are quite interesting. Do you know anything about them or are they pictures from your archive?
The “stops” on the outside of the lock plate seem stationary. I don’t see any bright spots where they have moved if they act in an internal firing pin mechanism.
That was such an interesting time in the world of gunmakers, that undecided time when they were trying every new idea to see what sticks. I’d love to know if those guns self cock and the hammers are simply cocking indicators or if the hammers are the actual cocking mechanism for an internal firing pin. And the stops on the outside need explanation for either scenario.
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Daryl, what is the serial number of that round frame? I believe it is a Purdey.
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Looks vaguely similar to 14983, Reilly converted pin-fire. These were actually pictured on some of the earliest Reilly center-fire advertisements. ![[Linked Image from jpgbox.com]](https://www.jpgbox.com/jpg/75883_800x600.jpg)
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Eightbore,sorry I don’t know the serial numbers of the Purdeys. Pictures from long ago in my files.
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The original cocking indicators
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