Old vintage guns and rifles often had hammers. Indeed old one always had hammers. Many of the largest bore double rifles have hammers.

The largest bores are definitely for dangerous game.

Recently we have had some articles posted on the .577 and hammers are evident on at least one double rifle.

In the last week, on the NE facebook group we had one person claiming, even demanding, that hammers have no place on a dangerous game rifle.

What do you gentlemen of the NE forums think?

And why?