Thanks everyone for your responses great discussion which is what the forum is about. I agree from the functionality angle the hammerless rules. I believe that is why they way outsold hammer guns after the introduction of the hammerless. The hammer gun became a functional relic after the introduction of the Parker hammerless. My original question was more about esthetics and which gun do you feel is more esthetically pleasing. I find them equally appealing but would take the hammer gun since they are much harder to find especially in the higher grades. We are lucky as collectors to have such interesting choices.
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