Many of us are a bit anal about hammer guns and their safety and their cocking. Simply put, a hammer gun shouldn't be carried cocked, that solving the safety problem. Next is the cocking. When your dog is on point, cock both barrels. If a bird flushes unexpectedly, a right handed shooter should mount and cock the left hammer at the same time. When the mount is complete, the right hammer is cocked and firing commences. It sounds like it takes a lot of time, but really it doesn't.