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Sorry for the long lag time.........
I suffered some complications, long after my open heart surgery, and only got to shoot this gun. (Brrr, MAN ! Was it ever cold out !)
Anyway, my first shots were to check the POI @ 30yds (All I shot with it was 2-1/2" RST lo-pressure shells) - both barrel's convergence was very close (about 8" apart) with a fairly even shot dispersion.
Each barrel was apparently choked differently, looking like IC/MOD.
After the POI check, I shot a half round of Trap, breaking 9 out of 13 clays - I stopped because it was very cold out, and I was fairly satisfied with the performance.
The gun developed some issues during the day:
* The LH hammer would not latch at full cock - it turned out that the tumbler inside the lockplate was soft & the sear had worn it, so I recut the cocking notch & case hardened the tumbler to fix it.
* A sticking/protruding RH firing pin, which I repaired via removing a small burr from the inside of the nipple that retains the FP and it's return spring in the frame.
* And later, an intermittent "no hammer drop" when the LH trigger was pulled - which turned out to be a sloppy trigger pivot point on that side, fixed with a new pivot pin and a thin shim to remove the side slop.
* Seeing the soft/worn LH lock's tumbler, I pulled the RH lock & found no wear there, but case hardened the RH lock's tumbler while I was about the job.
Also, since last Fall, I stumbled across a like-new luggage-style case for $20, that the hammer gun fitted nicely;
Hopefully, I'll be able to shoot it a little more before hunting season this coming Fall - once I get past an infection I developed last week (sigh).
Again, thank you all, for your insight/input about this hammer gun.
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