All of the hammerless doubles that I am familiar with have rebounding hammers so that there is no pressure on the firing pins to cause them to protrude from the face of the breech when un- cocked, so that they don't get broken when opening or closing the gun. That would also preclude accidental firing when closing the gun with un-cocked hammers. Maybe the Brits make them different. My personal preference is for the barrels to come to rest with a little movement required to extract the shells or to load them. This not only assures that the gun is cocked, but allows it to be carried loaded but broken open without the danger of the shells falling out.
