8 gauge / 20 gauge together

[Harry Collins]

Rich,

If you had come up for air long enough at the Southern five years ago you would have realised that the hammer gun I was shooting was a 20 gauge. Despite the fact that you harrased me at every station for shooting at the small bore peg. Mark Conrad had the most beautiful hammered 20 gauge Parker there that year. I still have dreams about it.

Harry

Here is the 0 framed 20 along side the 4 framed 10.

[C.O.B.]

I didn't give much thought to hammerguns then and don't recall what you shot just that you shot well. Wasn't that the year you won an event?

I do remember Marks gun however. A grade 3 12 with fluid steel barrels,
tightly choked. I believe Turnbull had done the metalwork.

[Harry Collins]

Rich,

I did win that event with the 20 as well as the 10 gauge hammer gun challange and I was real proud of it until I realised that I was the only one shooting in those two compititions!

The Parker I saw of Marks was a 20 gauge hammergun with fluid steel barrels and I think it was a D grade. Wayne's little 20 makes my heart go pitty pat....

Harry

[C.O.B.]

I could be mistaken as to the guage but I do remember it was a nice hammergun. I have now heard of four 20ga hammer guns. I lucked out and adopted a 16ga lifter on the 0 frame last year but a 20 hammer gun would be nice.

With the resurgence in interest in the hammerguns I bet you wouldn't be the only entrant in those events again.

[Bill Murphy]

Rich, the 1905 hammer gun may well have been one of the last, but my little 0 frame 16 is "The Last" smallbore hammer gun to come out of Meriden, in 1917. It is serial number 172,662. Great gun you have, Wayne.