Once fired, the lock on hammer guns with rebounding hammer locks are already at half cocked as the firing pins are retracted for opening. Once cocked to shot the gun, you should still manually move the locks to half cocked position to make the gun safe before opening it. Either way your locks are at the half cocked position on rebounding hammer gun.
I shoot both rebounding and non- rebounding hammer guns. Some are top levers, others are snap action or under levers. Both at clays and game. For me, I want the hammers manually lowered to the half cocked position before opening the action. I have found you are less likely to have any surprises with the locks at half cocked position before opening the gun. Again, this is only my opinion. I know other people handle their hammerguns differently. Russ
Last edited by RWG; 03/03/24 01:55 PM.
