In article ,
Morgans wrote:

various arguments about dead blow hammer design snipped...
What you are describing is a weighted mallet. For a deadblow hammer to be
effective, the shot moves to the back of the hammer as you start to swing,
then crashes forward at impact, thus reducing rebound. It can not shift if
it is full. See the definition, here.



Make the hammer twice as big, using equivalent of a full load of shot from
the original smaller size, for the best of both worlds?


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