Ripp I remember reading the same of similar. I must confess when I spoke of DG I was thinking Africa where the shooting often starts at 30 yards or closer and for got about Bears. I have not hunted them but a mate tells me his guide said if the bear was coming at them, once it hit the 100 yard mark they would all be firing at it. Something like 3 seconds to close that gap, that is quick.

I have heard the story of a bloke saying there are a few people in Kenyan graves because they did not have a double and another bloke saying there were just as many because they did have a double. To me this kind of backs up what szihn and others have said. It is mainly the operator not the firearm.