I personally prefer hammer guns and they are showing up much more at reasonable prices.

I had a Stevens 235 that was a box look hammer sxs like the Ithaca shown. It too had heavy barrels on the chamber end but they were steel barrels. Like a fool my tile guy was a gun nut and I swapped it for the tile work on my fireplace.

I just pick up a pristine supposedly an AyA built sxs hammer 12ga from the 1950s. Spanish proofs and well made. Bluing, case color and stock look nearly new, even the rear trigger is contoured for a right handed shooter. Greener cross bolt, double under lugs and side clips. I need to see if any of the marks on the barrels and receiver flats confirm the AyA heritage.

My very first sxs (1965) was a hammer 16ga.

I have a hard time resisting them.

I still need to find a unique Belgium hammer sxs probably an under lever of some kind. I have Swedish, Italian, German, and Spanish hammer sxs hanging in man nook(small house).

Last edited by oskar; 06/18/25 11:12 PM.
After the first shot the rest are just noise.