.... primarily that I am a walk-up hunter and speed is of the essence. Even a fraction of a second delay to cock hammer concerns me, and yet the challenge also intrigues me.
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Years ago, when I first switched to hammer doubles for desert quail hunting, I had a few unexpected flushs when my thumb was trying to push off safety instead of cock hammers. Now, it cocks at least one hammer automatically, usually, both. Do look for hammer doubles with tall, vertically standing, hammers that cock easily, both on same pass of thumb -- easy with most 16s. Avoid those with low, back sloping, hammers, at least for hunting.
SOP for me when I expect a flush is to have thumb hooked in front of both hammers. As I rotate barrels forward from more or less vertical, I keep thumb and hand fixed, which causes barrels to become long cocking lever. This keeps hand in more or less same position as it will be when gun is mounted. It maybe takes me longer to mount and shoot, than with internal hammers gun, which is enough to keep me from shooting too fast.
I now find myself trying to cock hammers............... on hammerless guns.....
Niklas
