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Jim
I get what you are saying. A quick snap shot might be your one and only shot in a life or death situation. And just BTW a double rifle is worlds best tool for that situation. Think of how fast and sweet a well fit shot gun comes to the face. Searcy used to build a stainless, composite stock version in .470NE or .500NE just for that reason. They did not sell well due to the high price inheritant in double rifles.
I've been in the one snap shot only situation but I've also been involved in a full out gun fight with Cape buffalo on two occasions. Where lots of bullets mattered. You can find yourself needing multiple pegs in elephant country on occasion too.
Back to my original post however, back in the day multiple round capacity was extremely important for guys who were professionally hunting ivory or commercially hunting meat or cropping critters. You either had magazine capacity or if you were a double rifle guy you had two doubles and a gun bearer. The rapid reload for a double with or without ejectors was developed by professional DG hunters in Africa. When done correctly you can get 4 rounds down range as fast or faster than a good guy with a bolt gun.
The age old argument of double vs bolt gun.....
I get what you are saying. A quick snap shot might be your one and only shot in a life or death situation. And just BTW a double rifle is worlds best tool for that situation. Think of how fast and sweet a well fit shot gun comes to the face. Searcy used to build a stainless, composite stock version in .470NE or .500NE just for that reason. They did not sell well due to the high price inheritant in double rifles.
I've been in the one snap shot only situation but I've also been involved in a full out gun fight with Cape buffalo on two occasions. Where lots of bullets mattered. You can find yourself needing multiple pegs in elephant country on occasion too.
Back to my original post however, back in the day multiple round capacity was extremely important for guys who were professionally hunting ivory or commercially hunting meat or cropping critters. You either had magazine capacity or if you were a double rifle guy you had two doubles and a gun bearer. The rapid reload for a double with or without ejectors was developed by professional DG hunters in Africa. When done correctly you can get 4 rounds down range as fast or faster than a good guy with a bolt gun.
The age old argument of double vs bolt gun.....