Good morning all,
I have read somewhere in the past but could not find it.
When someone is hunting with a double percussion (shotgun or rifle) and ready to fire (upland birds or a charging grizzly)
Do you cock one hammer at a time? or both?
Now the real questions.
Does the recoil from the first shot, ever make the cap fall off from the other nipple. and making the second shot useless, or if leaving the second hammer down, does the first shot ever have enough power/ recoil to "bump fire" the second barrel, (sort of like leaving a hammer down on a live cap in a revolver).
Also, can the recoil , from the first barrel make the shot/bullet move alittle in the other barrel causing an "air gap" making the second barrel unsafe to shoot?
And one more, When most people fire one shot using a double, do you then wait until your second shot to load both barrels or just reload the one barrel and re-check the one that has not been fired.
Thanks in advance.