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All shooters with heavy Doubles may eventually Double their gun.This leaves you without options but to reload in "the heat of battle" This obviously can be fatal if that 2nd shot isn't there and the beast is upon you.

How do we prevent this with heavy recoiling Doubles and/or high stress situations? Discussed on another forum it was suggested that 2 causes were the source--
A) Shooter error, and B)Double mechanical error.

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The big problem with a double discharge while standing a charge is,the shots are so close together that most times the shooter is not aware of it till he tries to fire the other barrel. This wastes valuable time, and causes momentary confusion. This just may be enough time wasted to get you, and your rifle, a severe stomping!

With a machanical failier caused double discharge, the fix is a good double rifle gun smith, because the rifle is broken. If it is a shooter error, then the bigest thing causeing this is not holding a very firm,grip on the pistol grip of the rifle. As long as you hand doesn't move back on the grip area, the trigger finger does not leave the front trigger.

The test to tell you which type of double discharge you are experiencing, and if you have auto ejectors, place a live round in the right barrel, and a snap-cap in the left. Fire the rifle. When you break the rifle, if it has doubled, the ejectors will kick both the empty, and the snap-cap out of the rifle, then reverse this by tradeing barrels with the snap-cap, and do it all over again. If it only lifts the snap-cap out, and ejects the empty it didn't double. If the rifle is fitted with only extractors, the smoke the back of the snap-cap so a mark will be left on the primer area of the snap-cap, if the fireing pin hits it. If it doesn't show a hit on the snap-cap, then you are likely, looking at shooter error!

Intercepters will prevent the doubleing of a machanical, but not a shooter error one. In the shooter error, the back trigger is actually pulled by accident. The rifle is fine, it is the shooter than requires fixing! Intercepters, are a fine, but expensive option, and are a nice extra safety, but I can live without them. As I said above, all one must do is grip that trigger hand on the rifle, and unless the rifle is damaged it will not double on you! The first time a rifle doubles on you, run the test immediatly, and if it is machanical, have it repaired before going into the weeds with something that may want to bite you! If it is shooter error, LEARN! Of course, the back trigger first is an option, but as for me, I'd much rather learn to do my shooting properly!

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