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All makes sense and sounds like it takes practice. Very cool. Thanks for sharing your techniques Eric.
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i enjoy them -
i enjoy using them over pointing dogs - you generally have a little warning - but i can get the shots off quickly when flushes are the rule i have a large enough hand to cock both hammers at once on the upland lighter framed gun -i approach the point with the end of my thumb on the front of left hammer spur and covering the right with the base - i can easily bring the gun to cock as i raise it - i open the gun to lower a hammer of any unfired barrel
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Nice tip Rick. Another reason to like O frames. Thanks
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I have told of my method in past posts...
When I'm in the woods or field hunting my tubes are charged, my hammers are both cocked and my action is open. When I walk in on a point, or in the case of no dog, enter the cover, the action is then closed and my trigger hand cupped over the triggers and guard so no errant branch or twig can trip a trigger, and muzzles held skyward. When not in the cover my gun is always open and I can let the hammers down with no danger of a discharge if a hammer slips from my thumb. A lifter is ideal for this method but a top-action works just as well as long as the action can be opened with the right hammer remaining cocked - not all top-action hammer guns can be opened with the right hammer cocked. .
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As the kids say these days, “same”.
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I would suggest getting used to your hammer gun on the clays course before hunting
my first hunting gun as a kid was a single barrel 20ga hammer gun- i started hunting hammer doubles in the early 90's after picking up a nice light London hammer gun
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