False Hammer Gun

 

The 'False hammer gun' is a rare and interesting step in the evolution of the modern shotgun.

"Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) described a hammerless gun as "a spaniel without ears," and stuck with his treasured hammer guns for ...

With the increasing popularitiy of guns with the firing mechanism contained within the action shooters used to seeing if their gun was 'cocked' or 'safe' found the transition uncomfortable. The flase hammer gun was a shot lived solution, for intents and ourposes the gun is has a hammerles action, with internal firing pins and hammers however the cocking and uncocking is achieved by external hammers which also act as cocking indicators. These guns are rare, so to find several owned by Perrins Owners must have meant that he promoted them quite strongly as they would not have been an inexpensive choice.