Originally Posted By: Sam Ogle
As an employee of a "Cabela's Gun Library," I learned that on double rifles, a person shot the rear trigger FIRST. The reason was that if one was in a hurry and let his finger slip while shooting front trigger first, one could "double."
They say it only took once to learn the lesson.
Sam


I was just reading a story on another forum by a woman who did just that on a cape buffalo. Second shot went high into orbit, but the first one was sufficient so it did not matter, except to her shoulder.

The only double rifles I've ever shot were relatively small (18 bore and a .45 BPE). Neither recoiled more than a shotgun so it seems the front-trigger-first issue wasn't really an issue at all.

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BrentD, (Professor - just for Stan)

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