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I think a non ejector side lock might be the best example of a gun that a guy’s widow buries with her late husband, because she can’t even give it away.

They sell like cold cakes.

Best,
Ted

I looked at a Purdey extractor gun couple years ago at the Southern SxS. 32” barrels and set up as a live bird gun. Should’ve bought it.

A non-ejector suits me just fine. I think ejectors get out of order more than anything on a gun.

Agreed. Doesn’t mean it will be easy to sell.

Best,
Ted

Air conditioners probably get out of order on a car or truck (or tractor, or combine, or cotton picker) more than anything else. Does that mean you don't want a/c in vehicles, too?

I have shot ejector guns for most of my life of hunting with doubles. I've had exactly one issue with them, and I repaired it myself. I think ejector problems are overstated. YMMV.

I'm glad you've had little trouble with them Stan but there is more to it than that. Except for a few good dove hunts, I simply haven't needed them. If I can get a high quality gun for a good price because it lacks ejectors that is a good thing. I understand that some folks really like them and some situations make them a great advantage. Having little access to great dove shooting or any access to driven birds means that I don't really need ejectors. The hammerguns and early breechloaders that I like almost never have them anyway. I shot clays for decades with a Greener that had Baker Patent ejectors and after going through the laborious process of retiming them on two occasions, I removed them. To each his own.

I understand completely not having a need for them, Hammergun. I reread my post and realize it sounds condescending. I apologize for that. I should have taken more pains to not sound so. I've just not had the problems with ejectors many seem to have had. Maybe I've been lucky, and haven't owned doubles with troublesome designs. My first AH Fox was a non-ejector, with which I shot doves a whole season. I swore never to do that again.

My other hunting pursuits do not "require" speedy reloading to the extent doves do, but I just love the little mechanical inventions. Probably just another of my many character flaws.

Best to you, SRH

Thanks Stan, just different opinions. As an aside, my clays gun is now a non-ejector Fox.

FWIW, all of my hammer guns, British, Italian and Austrian, are sidelock non-ejectors. The lack of an ejector in a hammer gun seems to have no impact on value at all, while the lack in an internal hammer gun really seems to matter. Makes no logical sense to me, but those are the facts.