VHE Parker - 20 gauge Pigeon gun....?

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Wes Stueber

Very true, Dean! I'm sure you've seen pictures of hunters in the past w/ their external hammers cocked, chambers loaded and the gun broken open..?

I'm sure those guys were quick enough to close the breech while bringing the gun up to fire w/ NO hammers to worry about cocking!

This subject of 'no safety' would make a great article for our "Parker Pages" magazine.

Thanks for all the comments, esp. the one from Garry about Aldo Leopold & his Fox. I think it's a fascinating subject, but one I'm not comfortable with, YET..!

Wes

Exactly Wes, and that’s how I carry my hammer guns while hunting. I close the action when I step in to make the flush or when I know I’m in very close proximity to the bird - and always very in tune to my companion’s position at all tines.





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[Big D]

Have spent a Lot of days as a Dog Boy at tower shoots in my area. Unfortunately, there have been a few very animated discussions which I have initiated, when I would say to a shooter coming into my area, with the gun dangling from his hand pointing at me, "Please open the action" and he would say, it's OK, The safety is on", and then my decibel level would rise as I said "I didn't ask you if the safety was on, I TOLD you to open the action". Usually worked, but occasionally I would have him removed from the shoot

[Bill Murphy]

I have seen long threads discussing the operation of a hammer gun in the field. I would like to read those threads again. As for Aldo's Fox, I think that he hunted quail behind steady pointing dogs and had no interest in shooting wild flushing birds. In my opinion, he loaded his gun after his dogs went on point. Nash claimed that he loaded his gun only when he was ready to shoot. I don't really believe that statement. I just think he was muzzle conscious and didn't rest his finger on the trigger.