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Every film I have seen shows the Upper Crust opening the fired gun, whether one or both shells have been fired, ejecting the empties and handing the broked opne double to the loader, who then passes back the closed and loaded second gun (with safety catch on I presume)-- This is the way I saw it done in the H&H videos with Instructor Ken Davies-
RWTF, I'm not a coach or a loader, but I've been on a fair number of driven shoots in my time and never seen, or at least I can't recall ever seeing, a Gun breaking a gun open prior to passing it to his loader.

It sounds a time consuming and clumsy operation to me, with a good chance of clashing the barrels into the bargain. If Salopian passes by he might comment further, he's a regular loader and mentor.

Ian Coley in the clip below shows what I believe is the usual (and correct) way to shoot with a pair of guns; I've seen him for real on high bird shoots in Wales and chatted to him.



Ditto Dave Carrie ... first at around the two minute mark.



As to the Win 21s I bought and sold a "Duck" model about 15 years ago and made a modest profit. I didn't like it much, the woodwork behind the standing breech gaped quite a bit. I replaced it with a Beretta semi which was IMO a much better gun for geese on the foreshore. Sacrilege I know to some, but there we are.

Eug

Last edited by eugene molloy; 12/02/16 06:43 PM.
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