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See post #11.Disaster waiting to happen . .
See post #11.Disaster waiting to happen . .
Is it common practice to use two fingers on triggers?
If this happens the shooter does not have enough experience with a double, it is a cheap double or the rifle does not fit the shooter especially in the pistol grip area.....No what happens is the trigger finger slips off because of recoil. I had a PH try my Double rifle and it happened to him. If you don’t use enough finger on the front trigger it will slip, by using the back trigger first this helps the problem, especially when your adrenaline is high.
I would love hear from any double trigger competive shot gun shooters that use the back trigger first and then the front trigger.....
Gloves with double rifles stem from times when the barrel gets too hot after multiple shots..normally worn on the hand that holds the fore end...not needed by a visiting hunter....unless it is real cold out....Have you considered using a thin short fingered glove on your left hand so you can hold two cartridges?. I was thinking of adapting a black golf glove. Smithy wears a glove in some video takes and seems to leave them off in the next one, which suggests to me there's a fair bit of editing going on.
I bet he did not back up much on DG with that advice...I am also getting ready for hunt in September with my double rifle. The advice I got from a long time double rifle user was to practice using rear trigger first then front trigger. He said the is no chance of pulling both triggers at the same time with this combination. Said he had seen many times hunters pull both triggers due to recoil, sweat or nerves
That advice is from somebody who cannot master the art of shooting a double rifle....irrespective of how many times he has used it....See post #11.
Just tilt the rifle after opening they drop out, it is a 500/416 NE nicely tapered not straight walled.
When u can hit a flying baseball with a dr. Forget about hunting, enter the olympics. Haha
I purchased a 15 pound rubber coated steel exercise bar and cut it down to the length of my Krieghoff. Added sling swivels at the appropriate places and attached a sling. I hike for miles and get a few odd looks
... A good shot can only be made with a proper grip on your rifle. Holding two shells and trying to properly grip and control the firearm under recoil may take your focus from your shooting to trying to retain control if the shells I have tried several methods if reloading my Kgun: from ammo belt, two shells between the fingers, from a stock shell holder and from elastic wrist straps with the shells perpendicular to my forearm and also parallel my forearm. I find the best for me is the wrist strap with shells pointing toward my fingers and the shells under my wrist. I practice by dryfire, then muzzle up while breaking the action to drop the casing, then muzzle down, pull two shells and reload. Any method you chose is good if you practice. This just works for me.
... my own experience with double barrel shotguns with two triggers made the transition from shotgun to rifle very easy. So many people who never used a double gun have trouble with two triggers, or reloading quickly and efficiently. A few hundred or thousand rounds with a shotgun builds muscle memory that helps a lot. And 12 ga target loads costs a small fraction of the cost of rifle cartridges.
I disagree with those who say to fire rear trigger first to avoid "doubling". If you are strumming both triggers when you shoot, you are doing something drastically wrong with your grip and trigger finger. A firm grip and good trigger finger position will eliminate any such doubling problems ... In any case never, ever, put two fingers on the two triggers.
Disaster waiting to happen . .
That is part of the reason a double has two triggers ... you may have soft in the right barrel and solid in the left...double triggers give the the instant switch option...
However having two softs loaded and starting with the rear trigger is not normal......
Gloves with double rifles stem from times when the barrel gets to hot after multiple shots..normally worn on the hand that holds the fore end...not needed by a visiting hunter....unless it is real cold out....
Ill fiting thick gloves are a bigger problem than bare hands....
Reminder that Smithy hunts for TV show so bling and looking the part is important.....same as him taking a arse shot on a buffalo due to pressure to get footage....
Do not believe everything you see or hear especially on TV shows....
I think I’m just going to reload from my ammo belt. I have many years experience reloading break action shotgun with my right hand. I think if I combine this with unloading with gravity, that I can be back on target just as fast as reloading with my left hand.
If this happens the shooter does not have enough experience with a double, it is a cheap double or the rifle does not fit the shooter especially in the pistol grip area.....
I would love hear from any double trigger competive shot gun shooters that use the back trigger first and then the front trigger.....
Gloves with double rifles stem from times when the barrel gets too hot after multiple shots..normally worn on the hand that holds the fore end...not needed by a visiting hunter....unless it is real cold out....Gloves with double rifles stem from times when the barrel gets too hot after multiple shots..normally worn on the hand that holds the fore end...not needed by a visiting hunter....unless it is real cold out....
Ill fitting thick gloves are a bigger problem than bare hands....
Reminder that Smithy hunts for TV show so bling and looking the part is important.....same as him taking a arse shot on a buffalo due to pressure to get footage....
Do not believe everything you see or hear especially on TV shows....
I'm aware of the editing that goes on so I watch for the entertainment value. Have we come to a conclusion on whether the Texas heart shot was the first or followup?Ill fitting thick gloves are a bigger problem than bare hands....
Reminder that Smithy hunts for TV show so bling and looking the part is important.....same as him taking a arse shot on a buffalo due to pressure to get footage....
Do not believe everything you see or hear especially on TV shows....
I think I’m just going to reload from my ammo belt. I have many years experience reloading break action shotgun with my right hand. I think if I combine this with unloading with gravity, that I can be back on target just as fast as reloading with my left hand.
A few years ago I was hunting Buffalo and had my rifle double while pulling the back trigger first. I always shoot first trigger but there are exceptions, especially hunting Buffalo, where you can get away with a soft and solid combination. Here is the scenario, I shoot left handed and had a CEB 475gn raptor in the left barrel and a 510 CEB solid in the right barrel (back trigger). We tracked this old bull for a while and just before dark we came upon him but he was waiting. We rounded a bush and he was facing us at 40 yards. My PH wispered hit him with the solid. So I slid my finger from the from the front trigger to the back trigger and squeezed. Holy shit, I wasn't ready for that recoil but tried to follow up with the front trigger and there was nothing there. By the time I figured out what happened the bull was out of sight. Luckily, one of the bullets hit vitals and slowed him down enough to finish him off. That was a brand new Heym 500 NE. Not a crappy rifle by any means (in Heym's defense, that rifle did not fit me particularly well in the grip area). That was the first time that rifle doubled and I can't for the life of me figure out why. Never did it again after a 100 or so rounds shooting. I guess the moral of the story is there are no guarantees. My son captured the shot on video I just can't seem to find a way to attach it here.No what happens is the trigger finger slips off because of recoil. I had a PH try my Double rifle and it happened to him. If you don’t use enough finger on the front trigger it will slip, by using the back trigger first this helps the problem, especially when your adrenaline is high.
Solid advice all around!!!This is great! Congratulations on shooting and walking. I wish more clients would do so
FYI, here is what I advise Huntershill clients to do in the Welcome to Huntershill booklet I wrote for them. Hopefully there will be value somewhere for you in this
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