Upland hunting with hammer guns

[todd allen]

Barrels open with hammers cocked. Why else would they have invented the fish-tail top lever?

[Paul P.]

I've only hunted upland with a hammer gun once. It was last year, in a preserve here in south Texas. I never thought about what I was doing with the gun until I read this post. It must have been automatic for me to cary the gun open with hammers down and cock it after the dogs went on point. The guide always checked with the hunters before sending in the flushing dog.after I was set and the gun pointed up and cocked I was ready and the dog flushed the pheasant. It seemed to work well as I dropped 7 the first time out.

[C.O.B.]

I tried it with the hammers cocked and the gun open but found it uncomfortable to carry that way and I lost a couple of shells to boot. I just cocked the gun when the dog went on point.