Upland hunting with hammer guns

[scott porter]

Thanks for all the advice and the great pictures. I have two other hammer guns - one is a Clark and Snieder (Baltimore) and the other is a beautiful Boss, once belonging to the Duke of Portland. I have hunted with all three and really enjoy it. I feel certaint the original owners of these guns found a way to hunt game that "popped up" unexpectedly. Maybe their reflexes and coordination was just enough better to get both barrells cocked while in motion. For now I believe I will hunt breech open and left barrell cocked. At least that way I won't risk a premature discharge of both barrells - that would really get my attention with the 10 ga. Thanks again and any further advice is appreciated. What a great forum.

[Autumn Daze]

Bill had a great suggestion and it works very well. Bite the brass base a little and stuff the shell in. This way if you are hunting with an open gun the shell will not fall out.