Don't write off buying a fine antique British hammer gun for $4,000, particularly if you are willing to buy quality and not the name,
Absolutely true. I bought a very nice Birmingham hammer gun from a member here a few years ago for less than $2K. It is a Lacey with twist barrels, no info ever found about the maker. When I took it in to an old school gunsmith for a strip/clean/inspection/pad, he pronounced it one of the best-made guns he had worked on. I will add that the hammers on that old Brummie are a lot easier to cock than the hammers on my American, Italian, Spanish, and Belgian hammer doubles. The Brit gun does feel different.
