08 August 2012, 01:42
ELeetonReloading technique
I haven't had the opportunity to try reloading a DR but reading here has got me to thinking. I am a right handed shooter. When you break the action to remove/eject the spent cartridges how do you do it? I would expect that both hands are needed to open the action. After that do you hold the gun in your right hand and change spent for new cartridges with the left hand or do you hold the gun by the forearm with the left hand and do the reload with the right hand?
Eric
08 August 2012, 02:35
MJinesquote:
Originally posted by ELeeton:
. . . do you hold the gun by the forearm with the left hand and do the reload with the right hand?
Yes.
08 August 2012, 03:28
505GAgree with Mike.
On this point "I would expect that both hands are needed to open the action. After that do you hold the gun in your right hand and change spent"
If an ejector, the spent cases of course eject but if an extractor, I tip the gun over to the side (some tip it up) to get the cases out.
I only pull them out by hand if all the shooting action is over etc etc.
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08 August 2012, 03:44
Todd WilliamsI'm just the opposite. I hold the gun with the right hand on the pistol grip and reload with the left hand. Same technique as depicted in the picture at the top of this thread.
08 August 2012, 04:08
ledvmquote:
Originally posted by Todd Williams:
I'm just the opposite. I hold the gun with the right hand on the pistol grip and reload with the left hand. Same technique as depicted in the picture at the top of this thread.
+1
08 August 2012, 05:05
dpcdIf your DR has a tight hinge, it won't open without using 2 hands; case in point, my new Chapuis; definitely will not open with one hand so you have to open it with 2 hands, then releasing one and using it to load, either by holding the grip with the right hand, or the barrels with the left. Both methods work equally as fast. On an older, worn rifle, you might be able to open and cock it with only the right hand. My Baikal custom 45-70 will do that.
08 August 2012, 07:04
MacD37quote:
Originally posted by ledvm:
quote:
Originally posted by Todd Williams:
I'm just the opposite. I hold the gun with the right hand on the pistol grip and reload with the left hand. Same technique as depicted in the picture at the top of this thread.
+1
+ one more! Just like the picture at the top of this thread, or at the bottom of this post. Those are old Elmer Keith's hands!
