Originally Posted By: Dave in Maine
Originally Posted By: Small Bore
Hammer guns have two safeties.


You say so. Didn't seem to make much of a difference in this case.


How did the gun fire without being cocked? One of the guns I shoot clays and hunt with is a non-rebounding hammer gun built in 1866 and in my opinion it is just as safe as my hammerless guns with trigger block safeties.

Putting his hand over the muzzle of a loaded gun was the problem.

Muzzle control means keeping the muzzle away from yourself as well as others.