Duck hunting if they've set their wings I'll thumb both hammers back and raise the gun when they drop their feet. Otherwise on ducks and in the uplands I thumb the right hammer back as I raise the gun and reach up after the shot for the second barrel, it is pretty much an automatic reaction for me and have taken enough doubles or birds with the second shot that I feel very comfortable carrying it uncocked and barrels closed. It is so automatic that when hunting with a hammerless sxs after the first shot I'll sometimes reach up and pull the safety back and can't figure out why the gun won't shoot.
I've taken way to many falls in slippery mud, moss covered rocks and leaves on a hillside to even want to think about having an open cocked gun slam shut under me.
Last edited by oskar; 11/04/14 07:58 PM.
