Pedersoli Cook Underhammer

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Having shot a friends Pedersoli Cook and being throughly impressed with how easy it is to shoot well, I thought I’d let people know Marstar has them in stock. Looking forward to my Kuchenreuter to arrive - next shipment hopefully.

The Cook has excellent balance but likely not suited for people with very large hands (XXL gloves).

https://marstar.ca/product/underhammer-cook-percussion-pistol-36/

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They likely would sell well. I’ve only seen the Underhammer rifles made by Andreas Baumkircher and still Tilo Dedinski. Truly beautiful and custom pieces but well beyond my budget.
 
I have both the Pedersoli Cook and the Carleton. Both have excellent accuracy potential. Both provide large advantages over side-hammer pistols. I can't tolerate a pistol that's muzzle-heavy so for me the Cook has an advantage to me over the Carleton. I haven't yet used the Cook to best my Carleton scores but I'm not far off doing so.

The Carleton has a well-deserved bad reputation for poor ignition. The only reason the reputation is well-deserved is because folks don't take the time to discover the "secret sauce" to make the pistol work well. Once that secret sauce is understood the pistol is very reliable.

The Cook, on the other hand, is more straightforward to shoot, not needing much time to learn how to shoot it. Learning how to clean it is another story as the barrel has a very small-diameter powder chamber. I'm sure many Cook owners don't realize this, thus aren't actually cleaning the entire barrel and its powder chamber.

Importantly, sales transactions and after-sales support through Marstar are absolutely top notch. Marstar has been under new ownership for a few years now; the new owners are very clearly focused on providing a gold standard of customer service. Marstar has become my vendor of choice, thanks to their excellent service.
 
Grantmac, underhammer rifles are out there. Not common but out there.

A few years ago I picked up what I'm pretty sure is a Numerich clone of the old Hopkin's and Allen underhammer. It started out as an option on the rainier days when I didn't want to deal with my preferred flintlocks. Turned out that I enjoyed the H&A a lot. And yes, with the usual tuning involving finding the right ball size, patch thickness and charge it makes me look like a far better shooter than I am... :D I enjoy it now for what it is and even take it out now and then on sunny day black powder shoots....
 
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Grantmac, underhammer rifles are out there. Not common but out there.

A few years ago I picked up what I'm pretty sure is a Numerich clone of the old Hopkin's and Allen underhammer. It started out as an option on the rainier days when I didn't want to deal with my preferred flintlocks. Turned out that I enjoyed the H&A a lot. And yes, with the usual tuning involving finding the right ball size, patch thickness and charge it makes me look like a far better shooter than I am... :D I enjoy it now for what it is and even take it out now and then on sunny day black powder shoots....
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Oh I know they are out there, plus kits are available and I might make building one a project at some point.

I've been slightly distracted by some form of mule-ear in the meantime but the underhammer has a nice simplicity.
 
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