Tempted by a hammer coach.

[utahjeepr]

The LGS had a CZ hammer coach setting out. I have no idea why I want one, but I do. A "rabbit ear" coach gun has been on my list since about my first episode of Gunsmoke! I gotta go out of town for a few days. If it still there next week it may very well come home. Wouldn't be the worst $800 I ever spent.

Of course 20" barrels seem awful long. 14" barrels would look so much nicer... aarggh!

I need help, psychiatry referrals welcome.

[titsonritz]

"You're not going to leave that old Greener on cock are you?" - Prisoner to about to nap J.D. Cahill.

[Todd.K]

I’m interested in something like that, 50 state travel legal and breaks down to a smaller package.

I’ve avoided buying one by having specific requirements that are not common or cheap. I want to minimize training a bunch on a low use unusual manual of arms. So no hammers or double triggers for me. Recoil reset single triggers are not reliable enough and mechanical single triggers are only on more expensive doubles.

[Gunfixr]

Well, i've regretted selling the old baikal hammer double I had ever since selling it, almost 20yrs ago.
It had 24" barrels though, was the same oal of my 20" lever gun.
I did use it for cas comp, so, there are ways to run a hammer double quickly.

[RugerMKII]

I sold off my old Rossi Coach gun (20" barrels) years ago when I bought another Rossi with 28" barrels to squirrel hunt with. Just something about carrying a side by side that felt right.

[Ron3]

They arent that long even with 20 inch barrels.

No receiver makes the 5 or 6 inches shorter than a pump or semi.

They almost always need the stock shortened. That removes another couple inches.

[utahjeepr]

Unfortunately I couldn't buy it this week. I ran across a fellow looking to sell a horde of Federal 13300 buckshot. Couldn't pass it up, it's my favorite 12g load and it's been damned hard to find. It cost me $1.50/shell. Kinda high but...

I'd like to have it but gotta be able to feed the guns I already have first. I'll see if it is still there once the funds are available.

[Diamondback]

I kinda get where you're coming from, I've been looking for an SxS that Doc Holliday woulda been comfortable with as a "Street Howitzer" ever since Tombstone came out. Missed out on the Baikals and EAA Bounty Hunters between age and not having a credit card yet, and no chance in Hell I'll ever be able to afford a vintage Greener...

[Gunfixr]

I sold off my old Rossi Coach gun (20" barrels) years ago when I bought another Rossi with 28" barrels to squirrel hunt with. Just something about carrying a side by side that felt right.

I forgot about the rossi coach gun I had in the 80s......

[Ron3]

Consider the Yldiz doubles. They are pretty nice. (Turkey)

I haven't seen a shorter-barreled one but could be cut down. You'd lose the chokes of course. They come threaded and with additional choke tubes.

They have some very desirable features like no auto-safety and actual shell ejectors.

We've got a 20 and 28 in the family. Both work great. Some brand shells eject better than others. They also make 16, .410, and 12 gauge. O/U and SxS. No rabbit ears, though.