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Unread 04-11-2022, 07:34 PM   #1
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when hunting with a hammer double gun and your right handed which hammer do you normally cock first the right hammer or the left....if your left handed which hammer do yoy cock first left or right.....I m right handed and for some reason icock the left hammer first....just wondering......charlie
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Never thought about it Charlie but I'm a lefty and cock the right hammer first.
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I am right handed and cock the left hammer first. I find it easier to cock the left hammer first so I'm not trying to work around a cocked hammer.
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Right handed and right barrel. It is almost always the barrel I shoot first on the rest of the doubles. Usually the more opened choked barrel too
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I’ve had a person or two tell me they cock both hammers at the same time . I tried it and didn’t find it very comfortable.
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I can't either. When a turkey is coming in I will cock both hammers individually
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I never thought about it, but I think I do it several ways.
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I’ve used a hammer 8 gauge at a tower shoot so I wasn’t worried about noise . But I’ve hunted deer from a treestand with a hammer gun along . And I usually pull the hammer back with the trigger pressed back to keep from making the click sound . And of course you have to be a bit more carefull doing it that way
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Right-handed, I do the right hammer first and then left. Never tried doing them both at the same time. This is on a Brit gun (Armstrong) 12ga. light game gun. The hammer springs are strong.
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I've got a couple British guns I can cock them both at once, but I've never handled a Parker where I could manage it. I'm a lefty but I seem to always cock the right barrel first.
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