I'm still kinda laughing over all the 'hammer' replies....white man speak with forked tongue...because in just about any public auction, or classified ad, we see hammerless guns selling for notably more than hammer guns. It's true that they didn't make as many hammer guns in higher grades and smaller bores, but still....hammerless guns (Parker to be exact) bring more money which must offer some insight as to what people really prefer.

guess I don't understand your point- most people buy "hammerless"

can't argue there, most folks here obviously still would

so- all those who would chose a external hammer gun are wrong, not entitled to a choice? must follow the masses???

the question was which would an individual would chose - not what must we collectively chose

Hammerless. No interest what-so-ever in hammer guns.

"the question was which would an individual would chose - not what must we collectively chose "

I'm certainly not telling any individual what they must prefer...just noting that if we look at the replies on this thread - which are overwhelmingly 'pro-hammer', they don't gibe with the reality of what we really see people doing. It's entirely possible that, by sheer chance, we just happened to have an inordinate number of 'hammer' guys responding to this thread. But it would be reasonable to expect the replies to this thread to mirror the Parker populace in general.

It's kinda like how Richard Nixon won the Presidency with one of the largest popular votes in history. Yet in 1974 you could hardly find anyone who had voted for him.

If I have a choice , same grade same condition Parker , Hammer gun any day . If I could only have one gun to shoot , it would be a hammerless.

Asking which I would choose.... a small gauge hammer lifter. Asking which I shoot will get a different answer. Ask me what car I would choose and I would answer a BMW Z8 but ask me what I drive and that would be a Toyota Tacoma pickup.

My point is that the facts you see in this thread and what reality may be doesn't need to collateral. The question was almost asking about "your dream gun", and while we dreaming about something, we are not limited by availability, cost or even reality.

I'll take a hammer gun.

Hammer lifter. That's what I normally hunt with.

not really - its simply a measure of who wants to reply- not a scientific sampling of the Parker population as a whole

Robin, this is more like what you told me an hour ago......:whistle:





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Dean I agree that falling with ANY loaded gun is problematic but I think having external hammers could be more of a problem regarding a discharge than a hammerless gun would. After all with the hammerless gun the trigger still needs to be engaged.