| 4seventy |
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| 16/06/20 03:01 PM |
Re: Hammers on firearms for dangerous game hunting?
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IMO, the best dangerous game double would be a self cocking hammer rifle.
Operates exactly as a hammerless action BUT you also have the ability to bring the loaded rifle to half cock (safe blocking the actual hammer rather than the trigger) and be able to return silently to full cock.
Also, a quick glace at the rifle tells you it is cocked or if an actual misfire had occurred which is unlikely these days I guess.
Self cocking hammergun double barrel shotgun action designs date back more than 120 years.
I doubt they were overly popular as those old ones don't seem to turn up for sale too often these days.
The modern Krieghoff double rifle's cocking slide can be used to achieve a somewhat similar result, but without the exposed hammers/tumblers.