Firing both barrels simultaneously?

There are 3 ways to double fire these guns, one occurs when a single trigger gun has a malfunction, then there is harping the triggers, normally done unintentionally, and lastly you can fire both barrels simultaneously on purpose. When you harp the triggers your finger slips past the front trigger in recoil and fires the second barrel. This presents no hardship to the shooter, and although there is but a single "Bang!" and the muzzle rises higher in recoil but there is no greater recoil sensation because the two shots occur as separate events.

In the event that you intend to purposely double your gun, tape up your fingers and wear a glove, as they are sure to get hammered by both the trigger guard and the front trigger. Damage to the gun is unlikely, but a stock failure is not out of the question, particularly if the charge is heavy and the wrist of the stock slight. Such a stock failure at the wrist could result in a significant facial injury and an injury to the firing hand.

All in all I think it is a bad idea just from the stand point of purposely inflicting a massive flinch trigger to your subconcious, never mind the injury potential even without a stock failure. I recall an article Warren Page wrote in which he talked about the trauma he suffered when a single trigger 10 bore doubled on him. Page was a world class bench-rest and skeet competitor, a wildcatter, an international big game hunter, and a rifle crank of the most deprived type. He was not squeamish about recoil in the least, but that experience badly damaged his shoulder and required years, not months, of retraining to get beyond the flinch he developed as a result.


i suppose it would be a shock if you wenrt expecting it but whats the recoil energy on a hot 10 gauge? my guess is around 40 ft lbs since a regular 12 gauge is around 20-25 ft lbs so a double shot would be 80 ft lbs of recoil which is the same as firing a .460 weatherby mag:cool: so it would give you a sore shoulder but this kind of recoil is not unheard of.....also a .577 t-rex generates 200 ft lbs of recoil:eek: id like to fire 1 sometime in my life.....just once.


my coachgun fireing both barrels when loaded with target loads birdshot isisnt very bad havent tried it with 3" mag slugs or 000buck yet tho:runaway:

i find it hard to discharge both at the same time since the length of trigger pull is differnt on each trigger so i tend to snap at the tiggers quickly with only fingertips to avoid getting pinched by the other trigger....
 
The weirdest thing was the sound, it was kinda.... hollow??? Can't really explain it, but when you do it you will understand what I mean.

I wonder if the "hollow" sound is from the two simultaneous blasts canceling each other out, to a degree.

Maybe you could engineer a side by side shotgun to act as it's own silencer by forcing the two blasts to phase each other out?
 
I bet it's not great for the gun to absorb that much pressure in the action at once yet still i have done it a few times and friends have also just for kicks.

Try 2 turkey loads just to get the hang of it first. (Trust me);)
 
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