Well not really useless, but makes you think before using it again.. We have a beater in the family that has put more Rabbit, squirrel and possum on the table then the Piggly Wiggly has meat on a good day.
My Great Grand dad got this Zulu shotgun from some previous family member. Never did know who. Anywho he hunted the guts out of this thing. I remember anytime going over to his house he was stewing or frying some critter or critters he got..
Well the years past and Grandad hunted with it and when his memory started failing, he left it in the barn and forgot where he put it. By the time uncle 3 toes found it the wood rot got to it pretty bad. So he bolted and wired the barrel to a wood stock that he had. Now this stock is a real blessing because with the recoil pad it makes it softer to shoot, but it does not line up well enough so the trigger and original hammer would work anymore.
So he tied a hammer to it so you can smack it on the firing pin to shoot the gun. Now you would think that would make it hard to hunt with. But my uncle was always bagging some critter. And to be honest I have nailed a few myself with it. Its not as hard as you might think. It's no worse when aiming a hand cannon and lighting it with a fire rope. The big pain is carrying the hammer in your belt or suspenders while you are walking in the brush..
So finally after my uncle got put away, I got it. Where as I do not shoot it alot, he did leave me with a fair amount of reloaded ammo for it.
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