All #4 and #5 frame guns I have seen have been hammer guns. #1, #2, #3 and #6 are the hammerless ten gauges I have seen. #4 frame top lever hammer guns with 32" barrels were the gun of choice for competitive shooters in the mid 1880s because they could easily be made to the eleven pound top limit of gun weight in the pigeon shooting community. Parker company shooters were "issued" these #4 frame eleven pounders, either at a discount or free depending on how well they represented Parker Brothers. Unfortunately, the use of these guns in the pigeon ring by Parker company shooters ended in 1889 when Parker wanted their shooters to use the new hammerless guns. It is nearly impossible to destroy these #4 frame pigeon guns, and, rare as they are, they keep popping up in the collector market.
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