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I am pretty fussy about hammer guns.. A couple of things that matter a lot to me are the sight picture with the hammer's back and the degree to which I can cock both hammers at 1 time with my thumb. Not all guns are made equal in that respect. Personally, my Cashmore hammer gun is pretty close to ideal . It's done a great job of killing pheasants, particularly in warm weather, and ducks at any time.
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You won't hunt with it much. It needs to be a pound heavier for targets, which is the pursuit you will use and enjoy it the most("purely affectation", raison d'etre). If you do decide to tote it in the woods, just go with it and complain about how heavy it is. JR
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There are some more modern hammer guns out. Bernardelli Brecia and Italia are usually reasonably priced as are Husqvarna. I have pair of 51's. I would love to find a reasonably priced P Sauer 16ga. Husky 12ga made in 1941 1907 Drilling 16ga/16ga/9.3x72R I used the shotgun barrels on this guy as I had no rifle ammo along. It is a very handy bird gun also. Then there is the Beretta 300th Anniversary O/U MZL that I've killed a bunch of grouse and wood ducks up in northern WI, sorry no pics. Maybe this fall I'll take it duck hunting.
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After the first shot the rest are just noise.
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I’m pretty sure my ancestors left Europe to get away from hammerguns, well, that, and all the criminal royalty class. I’ve never met anyone that made the claim that hammerguns improved their odds on gamebirds.
Not even here. That, is saying something.
Best, Ted They may have escaped hammerguns but the criminal royalty class is alive and well. Apologies for the political digression
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I’ve never met anyone that made the claim that hammerguns improved their odds on gamebirds. Bet you've never heard anybody make that claim about .410s, either. But then, that's not the reason we odd fellows do what we do.
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Bet you've never heard anybody make that claim about .410s, either. But then, that's not the reason we odd fellows do what we do. I'm so odd that I'd like to have a hammer .410 for doves.
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I cured my hammergunitis with two 12 gauges, which I still own and enjoy. The first is a Remington 1889. The second is an Italian hammergun built in 1973. It has Briley thin walls, fluid steel barrels (of course), and can digest anything I want to put through it. I've got $1200 in both, combined. That's something to consider.
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Don't dismiss a Jones underlever - one gets used to it quickly and it is good for lots of affectation points.
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+1 on the Jones underlever. They are really cool. There are two critical features of a good, vs a not so good, hammer gun, in my opinion. 1. What is the sight picture like at full cock on both barrels? Are the hammer ears distracting? 2. Can both hammers be cocked with one sweep of the trigger-hand thumb? If you must thumb them back independently, that is no good. I have always thought that someone should make a hammer gun that would cock both barrels with just the right hammer. This William Evans 16b meets those two requirements with easy. So does this Cashmore 12b.
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Hammer gun (1884), .410, side-lever, SxS. Damascus barrels. Reproofed in 2007. Reilly to boot. Ask and you shall receive. I'd post pictures but am so bummed out about 5 years of research GWTW I won't do it. but a neat looking gun which I posted here 2 years ago.
25851 - E.M. Reilly & Co., 16, New Oxford Street, London and rue Scribe, Paris. Shotgun SxS. .410. Side lever, hammer gun. Sample naturalist gun?
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