I read all three pages. Very interesting. Several PHs, and clients with multiple dangerous game hunts, prefer ejectors. A few don't. The more I read, the more I learned. The preferred method of reloading an extractor DR is to tilt the breech down and let the cases fall free, then rotate back right-side up and reload. This assumes a tapered, rimmed case and not a belted case with a recessed rim. The point is stated over and over that the ping of the ejectors may alert DG to your position. What will the sound of two big brass hulls pinging together as they fall free from the chambers onto the ground do? Ejected hulls rarely land on top off each other to make a noise.
One PH made the point that, even using the "tilt and fall free" method of reloading an extractor gun, it is still a good two seconds slower than using ejectors. I dunno from experience, but I'll just bet that two seconds when a buff or elephant is bearing down on you is an eternity. I know darn well how quickly a 400# wild hog can cover a few yards coming towards you.
Another point. If I am going to the Dark Continent for DG with a DR I am going to practice shooting and reloading many, many times. I am going to instill in my mind the importance of breaking that rifle open as quickly as humanly possible after firing that second round. I believe it would be easily learned to have those shells ejected by the time the game recovered from the sound of the gunfire, thereby taking away that opportunity for the game to identify your position by the ping of the ejectors. Having taken many deer or hogs out of a herd/drove I have seen the befuddled look for a few brief seconds as the survivors try to figure out what just happened. Not always, but often.
Having shot S x S ejector guns for many years on a "hot" dove field, I am quite accustomed to sweeping that top lever swell with the heel of my hand within a second or two after the last round clears the muzzle.
Interesting discussion. Thanks again for the link, Doc.
SRH
