Somehow I have to remember that the tab key seems to finish my replies. I am enjoying the thoughts on the subject and am hearten to see that my described problem is not mine alone. I would like to say I don't cowboy any of my guns and safety is always the foremost in my mind. While 75% of my hunting is in remote places with my GSPs as my only campanions I would never consider walking with a closed cocked hammer gun. Okay off a point I do with my Win 1901. I would have the same concerns as some expressed about dropping shells and a more fragil state walking with the gun open and cocked. I have a safe full of other shotguns (sin exposed hammers with safeties) so if I chose to not "Handicap" myself I can. But hunting for me is much more about my dogs, being outdoors, and harkening back on my grandfathers era than bagging birds these days. I hunt with a lot of different leverguns and am very used to cocking a single hammer. I was weaned on single shot hammer guns. As many suggest birds are a lot closer than they seem. I will probably train myself to either cock just one hammer as I mount, or cock both and then mount. I have until recently bird hunted almost exclusively with modern SxS, OUs, and semis. They are truly extensions of my body with no thought necessary. It is somewhat refreshing having to be truly cognizant of my more manual actions of pumping, levering, and cocking. Pulling the trigger with nothing happening as the bird flies away is a reminder I need to practice more.
