IF you have a good deal of practice using your hand gun of choice, you won,t have a great deal of problems getting off an accurate second or third quick shot, especially if youve got something youve practiced extensively with using a double action revolver, or semi auto.
Id spent about a year practicing drawing and firing my S&W 29 double action, all in one smooth flowing sequence, when I first started out hand gun hunting and Id spent hundreds of hours at home with that revolver loaded with dummy rounds,and my holster in the revolver,practicing, drawing and shooting characters on my T.V., like judge judy while my wife watched her on T.V. (It annoyed her, but I don,t like that program, so it had the added benefit that she would go watch that program else ware leaving me to watch some hunting program))
now to illustrate that ,muscle memory and practice are helpful here, quick story some of you might appreciate.
when I was about 23 years old I purchased my first 8 3/8" 44 mag S&W revolver I quickly found I needed to polish the chambers because several were a tiny bit rough, but a few seconds with a bit of jewelers rouge on a dowel and a hand held drill removed the minor burrs, and I went out and practiced a great deal slow firing double action at first but eventually building the skill and accuracy to do far better with time, so that when hunting season opened I was ready to go hunting for some of the rather large wild hogs that were tearing up much of the management area we hunt near my home.
Id purchase a 280 grain 44 caliber mold and we had found a decent load using about 16 grains of 2400 powder.
about 8 am on the opening day I was sitting in a tree stand on one edge of a long power line right of way clearing that was about 300 yards across and a friend was in a similar tree stand on the other side of the clearing.
I see him stand up and take aim with his Remington 12 ga pump and fire off three quick shots then he starts yelling he thinks he just killed a huge hog.
I get down to go look carrying my 44 revolver,in its holster , I get about half way across the field which is mostly waist high grass and I see the grass parting like a boat wake as several large hogs are running in my direction, directly away from his location.
I don,t know if this one hog was charging me or running from ,my friend but he was heading at a fast run directly at me, but due to the tall grass I could only see the grass moving like a boat bow wake until he got into about 20 feet, , I drew and fired, in one continuous motion, and a hog that easily weight 250 lbs dropped instantly.
a close examination showed a couple buckshot creased this hogs butt, and I found out why that hog dropped instantly, there were two 44 caliber bullet holes from the front, one entered the rear of the head where it joined the neck and exited the chest, a second hit about 3" further back on the spine between the shoulders , hit and exited the front of the belly, about 5" from the first bullet exit point, surprised to find dual exits,
I opened the revolver to find Id fired it twice double action without realizing it.
from that time On I was hooked on close range large caliber revolver hunting.
from that time On I was hooked on close range large caliber revolver hunting.
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Id spent about a year practicing drawing and firing my S&W 29 double action, all in one smooth flowing sequence, when I first started out hand gun hunting and Id spent hundreds of hours at home with that revolver loaded with dummy rounds,and my holster in the revolver,practicing, drawing and shooting characters on my T.V., like judge judy while my wife watched her on T.V. (It annoyed her, but I don,t like that program, so it had the added benefit that she would go watch that program else ware leaving me to watch some hunting program))
now to illustrate that ,muscle memory and practice are helpful here, quick story some of you might appreciate.
when I was about 23 years old I purchased my first 8 3/8" 44 mag S&W revolver I quickly found I needed to polish the chambers because several were a tiny bit rough, but a few seconds with a bit of jewelers rouge on a dowel and a hand held drill removed the minor burrs, and I went out and practiced a great deal slow firing double action at first but eventually building the skill and accuracy to do far better with time, so that when hunting season opened I was ready to go hunting for some of the rather large wild hogs that were tearing up much of the management area we hunt near my home.
Id purchase a 280 grain 44 caliber mold and we had found a decent load using about 16 grains of 2400 powder.
about 8 am on the opening day I was sitting in a tree stand on one edge of a long power line right of way clearing that was about 300 yards across and a friend was in a similar tree stand on the other side of the clearing.
I see him stand up and take aim with his Remington 12 ga pump and fire off three quick shots then he starts yelling he thinks he just killed a huge hog.
I get down to go look carrying my 44 revolver,in its holster , I get about half way across the field which is mostly waist high grass and I see the grass parting like a boat wake as several large hogs are running in my direction, directly away from his location.
I don,t know if this one hog was charging me or running from ,my friend but he was heading at a fast run directly at me, but due to the tall grass I could only see the grass moving like a boat bow wake until he got into about 20 feet, , I drew and fired, in one continuous motion, and a hog that easily weight 250 lbs dropped instantly.
a close examination showed a couple buckshot creased this hogs butt, and I found out why that hog dropped instantly, there were two 44 caliber bullet holes from the front, one entered the rear of the head where it joined the neck and exited the chest, a second hit about 3" further back on the spine between the shoulders , hit and exited the front of the belly, about 5" from the first bullet exit point, surprised to find dual exits,
I opened the revolver to find Id fired it twice double action without realizing it.
from that time On I was hooked on close range large caliber revolver hunting.
from that time On I was hooked on close range large caliber revolver hunting.
http://www.handloads.com/loaddata/defau ... pe=Handgun