UNDERHAMMER GUNS: The Book and Guns ..

 I hate to ask - But my blog posts are being censored and restricted because of my PRO GUN, pro LAWFUL SHOOTER views - Please share my posts:

First I bought this antique cane gun .. then I got the book by Herschel C Logan from USA ..

I was futilely hoping to identify what I have bought ..

- Well it's obviously an underhammer Cane Gun .. but who made it, and where and when?

The book written in the 1950's is very good in all aspects, including excellent line drawings & photographs - but as the writer explains, most of these, made in America, are 'one-offs' from unidentified makers. - I did find perhaps three examples therein with characteristics that looked vaguely related to mine .. but they each were labelled Unidentified. 

There is not one example in the book of a similar shaped action Palm-Grip to my Cane Gun.

The book outlines three good reasons for building an 'UPSIDEDOWN' GUN:

1/- Placing the hammer near the trigger clears the top face of anything that obstructs the choice of SIGHTS and puts the flash-bang of the ignition blast safely away from the shooters face and eyes.

2/-  Underhammer guns have a much simplified lockwork - with fewer parts - making them much easier projects for home-constructers lacking in machinery. Indeed the cleverest designs use the Trigger Guard as the MAINSPRING to drive the hammer.

3/- STREAMLINING. This design makes the pistol free from snags and readily able to be BOOTLEGGED conveniently into a boot top.

About six years back I admired the elegant J Rock Cooper Underhammer pistol design that has only TWO moving parts ..  https://flicense.blogspot.com/2020/05/j-rock-cooper-pistol-keeping-it-simple.html

I have my eye on a likely future acquisition of a Belgian Mariette Pepperbox Underhammer Pistol - soon I hope ..

An interesting aside is that the current Italian Chiappa Rhino revolvers, - that fire from the bottom chamber .. are said, by many, to be a modern Underhammer Pistol ..

LOW RECOIL is the Main Sales Pitch for the Chiappa Rhino Revolvers:

The future is hard to tell eh,

IN THE INTEREST OF PUBLIC SAFETY - WE MUST INSIST THAT ALL NZ POLICE EMPLOYEES QUALIFY FOR, & OBTAIN, AND MAINTAIN THE SAME STANDARD NZ FIREARMS LICENCE in exactly the same way that we citizens are required to. 

- How can NZ Police claim to be SAFE & well trained without achieving a Firearms Licence?

But Life is Good

Marty K.