I'd be willing to bet that the man with an ejector double will be firing his fourth and fifth shot while the man with the Jones underlever, hammer extractor is firing his third and fourth, if that.

Wasn't that the point of Marrakai's post? And wasn't that the reason the technology moved past the Jones underlever and the exposed hammers?

The highest state of refinement of the hammer gun is the Purdey top lever ejector guns shot by Lord Ripon and King Edward amounst others.

The highest development of Purdey is the hammerless double.

JPK