One thought on buying a hammer gun: If you look around some, you'll find a selection of continental hammer guns, mostly in 16 gauge, at about half the price of a comparably finished British gun. I particularly favor the German/Austrian versions, but there are some better quality Belgians (and a lot of not so good quality ones, too) and even an occasional Italian. The Germanic ones tend to have cheek pieces and critters engraved on them, along with sling swivels and way more fasteners than is perhaps necessary (my current one has double underlugs, a Greener cross bolt and side clips as well), but I kind of like the German style engraving done well. Chokes will likely be really tight and even tighter. Chambers will usually be 65 mm, but there's usually enough meat in the barrels to lengthen to 2-3/4 inches if you must.
