Wow thanks for all the quick responses. I devoured the Parker book by Johnson but frankly couldn't get past the gushing praise and glowing love and obvious bias and found it a tough read with the writing style. So that being said I got an "overview" and now need to figure out what a "lifter" is and go handle a hammerless. I have a friend who shoots old Bakers with hammers in a side by side league so I'll have to call him. He said they're like single malt scotch...once you acquire the taste they're addicting. I appreciate all the help, I'll have to find those articles because frankly shooting a gun over 100 years old (safely) has a certain appeal to me.
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