Re: DE .50 AE is the best pistol for self defense
Hey, that little gal did a good job, as stated above. After getting cracked in the face she kept the pistol pointed in a safe direction and finger off the trigger. I'd rather go shooting with her than her D-S boyfriend.
On the subject of double fire revolvers. This is not my knowledge, but what I've read.
It happens more with Smiths than any other revolver, sometimes Colt SAAs also.
The hammer falls, hits primer, gun fires. With the high pressure pushing the bullet out, there is a little pressure pushing back on the case and or primer. This shoves the hammer all the way back. Something (dunno what) unlocks the cylinder and allows it to rotate. The hammer comes back down (of course the trigger is still pulled back) and fires the second round.
If you want a more intelligent explanation go to
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/forumdisplay.php?f=3 and do a search for "hammer bounce". This is a forum of very knowledgeable shooters.
For you revolver shooters...I bet a lot of you have experienced two dents in the primer of a fired round. I sure have and never knew what it was. Apparently sometimes the cylinder rotates the other way (w/o a double fire) and your next trigger pull lands on an empty case. I know this has happened to me with a Ruger SBH.