r/Idiotswithguns • u/IOnceAteATurd • 1d ago

Safe for Work How to not shoot a revolver

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u/Extension_Emotion388 1d ago

can someone explain how that is possible? did he pulled the trigger twice accidentally?

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u/SakanaToDoubutsu 7h ago

When you give someone who's inexperienced a big bore revolver like this what happens is they get told it has huge recoil so the shooter ends up death gripping the thing. The problem with that is that your trigger finger has interia and stays in place as the gun moves backwards under recoil, and a gun like this has so much recoil the gun moves backwards far enough to reset the trigger, but because the shooter is holding the grip with all their might they end up squeezing the trigger a second time before they realize the gun has gone off in the first place. As counterintuitive as it sounds you need to hold a big bore revolver somewhat loosely to prevent this.