Differences between hammered shotguns

[Sleepy Floyd]

This has been bugging me for awhile.
What is the difference between a standard hammered double and the Doc Holliday version.

Sleepy

[Abilene, SASS # 27489]

There may be others that use that name, but primarily:  The Doc Holiday is what Cimarron calls the Pedersoli hammer gun, and Wyatt Earp is what Taylors calls it.  And I think you can get it from either company without those names stamped on it (which is what I would want).  Additionally, what EMF calls their current 1878 may be the same gun as well.

[Nickel City Dude]

many hammered doubles have most of the workings inside the receiver.  The Doc Holiday type essentially have two musket style locks on the sides.  I had one and the trigger pull was off the scale.  I have worked on musket type locks for over 30 years and was able to get them down to about 3 Lb. each.  In short the tumbler had a little ridge on the face of the full cock notch that the sear had to get past to trip the hammer.  Once I got rid of the ridge and re-hardened the tumbler it worked great.

[Reverend P. Babcock Chase]

Hey Nickel City,

 

Are you calling traditional hammer side locks "musket style" locks? In my (questionable) experience, most hammer doubles have side locks. A few (older Remingtons and very few others) have the hammers in the receiver. I have 3 hammer guns of different makes and vintages and all have side locks. Feel free to chime in and educate me.

[Sedalia Dave]

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[Johnny Meadows,SASS#28485L]

Floyd, you have one of the best hammered doubles for Cowboy Action, the CZ.  If they were still available I would rather shoot the TTN [Cimarron 1878}

J.M.