Vail Vigilante Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 Was just wondering what you gents and gals think is faster a internal hammer shotgun or external hammer shotgun? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cholla Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 Internal, no question. The shotgun is self cocking with internal. Why do you think the fast folks want SKBs? Having external hammers adds one more step to firing. I know because I use an external-hammered shotgun in Classic Cowboy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tall Tale Todd Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 But that external hammer has more style! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene, SASS # 27489 Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 What they said. If you just want to look good, get a hammer double. They can be very fast with several different techniques but they all take more practice to get fast than a hammerless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Meadows,SASS#28485L Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 The internal hammer shotgun eliminates the time taken to manually cock the hammers after the first two shots. With a hammered shotgun you can start the stage with the hammers cocked and action open, making it as fast for the first two shots as a internal hammered gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warden Callaway Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 I always figure the first two shots are equal. Given you can cock the hammers before buzzer (if you think of it.) Any more shots and you fall behind. There are only a few models with hammers tall enough and close together for fast, easy cooking. The TTN/1878 Colt come to mind. But they tend to be heavy. I like my CZ-USA Hammer Double. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nichols Creek, SASS #77627 Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 Depends on who is using it. TBone Dooley can run a hammered double as fast, or faster, than most can run a internal hammer gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warden Callaway Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 Many hammerless guns can be single trigger. I've not owned one or even shot one so I don't know if they are an advantage or not. I've never heard of a hammer double with single trigger. T-Bone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 ALMOST always shot the internal , its what i started with , i have a hammered double and i do enjoy shooting it - just generally dont opt for that added movement to cock the hammers , the arthritis has a bot to do with things i choose these days , some days i can easily and others i cant ......at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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