Double tap with revolver?

i hope my opinion didn't cause any trouble; i have never been in a gunfight with anything but a whitetail, so i can't speak authorativley on personal defense situations. as for my skills, JNewell, I'll take luck any day :rolleyes: i jerked the trigger high and right so instead of the heart, the round went through his spine. but i digress....i can say i still practice the double tap at 7-10 yards. i'm sure when all else fails "empty the magazine" would seem like a prudent course of action.
 
never count on one bullet

Who (else) remembers the ladycop shot in the heart by a 357? (she chased the BG and won....)
 
i'm sure when all else fails "empty the magazine" would seem like a prudent course of action.
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"Ms. Tamara, why did you shoot the decedent fifteen times?"
"Well, your Honor, he scared me to death and that's all the ammo I had." :eek:
 
A double tap is just two hits on a target, period. You can do that with wheelies, derringers or autos if you want.
The thing is, whoever told you that the best 9mm loads were as effective as a 125 magnum was either pulling a fast one, or never saw the aftermaths of a 125 grain shooting.
It was the KSP duty load for years and was just about 100 percent effective in one shot stops according to the Firearms and Tool marks examiner who worked in their crime lab.
If my memory is correct it was Cooper and the New Techniquers that came up with what was called the Double Tap back then, but is referred to as controlled pairs today.
 
Now some seem to think that moving up to a 'bigger gun' will do away with the need to shoot twice. Maybe it will, but bear in mind, that hot handgun loads come off poorly in comparison with mild rifle rounds. Second thought, is the more powerful your round is, the harder it becomes to shoot that next round quickly. Finding the right combo of power, and handling usually means working with a number of different bullet weights, calibers, and guns.
I practice shooting as accurately, and as rapidly as I can with my defensive guns. I sure don't think its prudent to shoot once, and wait to see what effect that one had, before deciding to shoot again.
 
Double taps with full-bore .357s are not particularly hard to do, if you have sufficient arm & wrist strength to hang on and bear down on the gun, and if you have sufficent strength in your trigger finger to work the DA trigger pull rapidly.
I can empty a Ruger 3-inch GP100 into the "kill zone" on a standard B27 silhouette target at ten feet fairly quick without using the sights at all. Can't come close to Miculek in speed or tight accuracy, but I can also do it with a 3-inch SP101 and a 3-inch Smith J-Frame. That takes good aftermarket grips and it's more work. Accuracy varies, and I wouldn't try it either farther out or on a head shot, but a close-in speed dump is perfectly possible with either two shots, or six. A larger (heavier) gun is much easier to work with.
Using the sights for accuracy is best in most situations, but inside ten feet if you've practiced with your gun & ammo, it's not always necessary and you may lose valuable time up close if you wait for a sight picture before you fire each shot.
Denis
 
It all depends on practice. Before I became a Glocker, I loaded .38 Special, 158 gr LRN or SWC with 4.0 gr of Bullseye and could double tap it as fast as any 1911. Miculek used something like 2.8gr of Bulleye in one of his demonstrations, and it sounded "almost" like one shot. Of course, a full .357 Magnum load, will require quite a bit of recoil-control in a fast double tap, especially in a S&W M19 2 1/2"!!!
On a revolver you have a lot of place to play with well-fitting grips, though.
 
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