Interest in double guns began to perk around 1980 and ... there is no evidence on which to suppose that those barrels are safe. Hammer guns also require rethinking in how they are to be handled.

They typically sported exposed double hammers and double triggers. The CZ Hammer Coach gun is rated for modern 3-inch shells and has fixed-choke barrels bored to cylinder. Dave Maccar Compact ...

The cocks, or hammers as they are now called ... In considering the maintenance of double guns, remember that the barrels should close against the vertical standing breech, not against the ...

The sturdy little double barrels suffered no such ills ... the classic coach gun but serve only to cock the internal hammers on the gun. Model IZH43KH is identical in appearance to the IZH43K ...

Then, as now, the finest double guns came from London ... the raised "rabbit ear" of a dropped hammer does not significantly interfere with the second-barrel swing. The near gun becomes a blur ...

Western legend Wyatt Earp often relied on a coach gun—a double-barreled hammer gun with cut-down barrels—to settle disputes with malcontents. You may recall the movie “Tombstone” in which Wyatt’s ...

Both revolvers and pistols can be either single-action (SA) or double-action (DA), and ... a cartridge into the chamber and barrel, the slide cocks the hammer, and as the slide goes forward ...