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The double versus bolt never fails to get a good debate going. Firstly I enjoyed the video and found the comparison interesting. It would be my belief that most professionals that use these type of rifles practice little and I would think plenty go through a season without firing a shot. I think most tough situations are won by the shooters ability to stay calm, not get off as many shots as possible and that for me marks the true professional. I found on the odd occasion it has occurred and compared to others little experience, that the hardest thing was to wait until the target was close enough that the one shot was going to find its mark and do its job. Its fun to compare double v bolt but if the first two havn't done the job your likely dead. The fact that there is so much debate on it tells me that its that close as to not really matter otherwise the argument would have been settled years ago.

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Yup. I would agree.... The tool is only one part of the equation.... What is the shooter most comfortable with? What has the shooter trained to do? I’m mighty fast with my big bore doubles. I am plenty comfortable with my bolts and have high confidence in them. I also suffer from the “admine my shot” syndrome after firing a shot with a bolt gun, which for some strange reason I don’t suffer from in the slightest with a double in my hands.... But: in neither case is it the gun’s feature or defect that causes me to conduct myself this way. It is absolutely a product of what I have conditioned myself to do, or have failed to condition myself to do..... practice, practice, practice..... I need to learn to work that bolt and work it vigourously and without dropping the rifle from my shoulder mount. There is good reason that every target on the course of fire presented to a master IPSC shooter catches two bullet holes in the centre of the target when the timer goes off and the shooter is running and gunning..... It’s called practice and conditioning

Let the debate rage on. My money is on the shooter that has practised proficiency with their tool of choice.

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