Carrying the hammer gun open and cocked as per Gene Hill's method means that the top lever can be worked with the right hammer cocked, something not available on all, maybe most, hammer guns.
Re the safety thing of when to cock the hammers and how that compares with the tang safety. Hammer guns with rebound hammers have a safety bent that will catch the hammer if it starts to fall without a trigger pull. Most hammerless SXS guns, ie boxlocks and almost all autoloader and repeaters lack such a feature.
The safety does not protect from accidental sear release. In most guns it only blocks the trigger. So arguably a cocked hammer gun is safer than a hammerless (without intercepting sears), even if the safety of the hammerless is engaged.
Last edited by Shotgunlover; 03/21/23 07:18 AM.
