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Davis- hammer gun


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After getting my family gun (william powell) renovated by "wabbitbosher", it is so hard to leave his place with only 1 gun. He very kindly ( or wisely) showed me a recent gun back from the barrel restorers. Something I have been yearning for for some time, a Damascus barrelled hammer gun.

Out comes a WJ  Davis of Birmingham- Beautiful barrels and in great condition, I think around the 1890 age - serial number 74775

this has been reproofed for nitro, but wanted to try out some black powder cartridges for a bit of fun, and what fun they are, although a little expensive so only for a treat.

Using a hammer gun with black powder - hard to explain how much fun it was especially when someone tells you that you have broken the clay (as you cant see it through the smoke)

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I've got one of these Davis guns of a similar age,,but nowhere near as well finished. Yours is a different design to mine with the top bolt and scalloped action and looks very elegant. If you look at the name carefully you should see that it is W and J Davis, a detail someone on the American "Doublegunshop" forum pointed out to me, very politely, but implying that one should know more about ones own countries history!

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