Mr. Hill's Hussey hammer pigeon gun is alive and well. It was back in action at Hausman's Great Northeast SXS shoot and the Fall Southern SXS this year. It was sold by Griffin & Howe a decade ago and changed hands this past year. It looks in fine shape, though with a replacement stock. The original stock is being looked at for restoration. It has 31" original long chamber barrels and 28" modern proofed barrels. Hill wrote a chapter entitled "Hammers" about the gun in his book A Listening Walk.
The chapter was also reprinted in Field & Stream: http://books.google.com/books?id=6v3PyL--_GIC&pg=PA15&dq=%22gene+hill%22+hammers&hl=en&sa=X&ei=nas7Uu-tEI7u8ASF4oGADA&ved=0CD8Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22gene%20hill%22%20hammers&f=false
The artist's sketch in the article doesn't really look like the gun, which has very fine scroll engraving.
