Paul's Coach Gun Technique Explained
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- čas přidán 8. 04. 2023
- Paul explains his double barrel shotgun technique.
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Several people have suggested opening the action before lowering the hammer. That may be a good idea, but my gun won't open while the hammer is cocked. I really do know how to operate my own gun.
Also, we don't fake or fudge anything. The suggestion that the deer are computer generated is the epitome of stupid.
Make a video of you shooting diffrent caliber bullets at water, starting from .25acp or the weakest have the gamo air gun, up to big rifle like 7.62 nato.
I wanna see how big of a spalsh they make
I was going to ask if you paid those deer as extras
I thought they just decided to photobomb you and look for that prize you keep giving away. 😄
I'm sure the deer are real, but the jacket is definitely a special effect. I've seen him pull about a dozen different guns out of the various pockets.
I just assumed Paul was a deer magnet, given the last few videos.
I like how the deer showed up towards the end completely unperturbed, like "Oh, Paul's doing a lesson, we're cool."
Deer know it's wabbit season
I see Paul and I’m not already dead. He’s not hunting today.
the deer are doing forward recon under flag of peace.
It is such an awesome view!!! Paul explains how to not f*ckup while hunting, and the deers are like "yep you heard the man"
We have a military training area near where I live and the deer there haven't been hunted in generations. They've even got to the point that troops firing off blank ammunition don't even phase them anymore and just keep browsing while a simulated attack is going on. May be a similar situation in the area.
I've said it before and I'll say it again. The deer know when they're in season. I was in California for unrelated reasons, and I kept seeing the deer all over this trailer park. One of the residents was very excited to go after this one big brazen buck that ate all the flowers out of everyone's flower beds. Well, the deer all disappeared the weekend before the season opened, but they were right back at it the weekend after the season ended. No one ever did get that buck, and not for lack of trying. Every time I see the deer in one of Paul's videos I can't help but remember that experience.
This is true. I had a big piece of land in the country where we grew hay and every dear season we'd watch as DOZENS of dears poured out of the BLM lands and into our residential farm area where they knew no one could or would shoot. After years of watching them I gained an appreciation for their culture and intelligence.
The deer understands a man standing there talking to himself not even looking at them like so many times before is no danger?
Guys, the deer management agency understand when deer are docile and friendly , and not to make the harvest season then. It's not the deer understanding when hunting season is, it's that the agency understands when the deer will be harder to kill.
The DNR calls a meeting a couple weeks before and after deer season with the local cervine population reminding them of the legal hunting dates. Happens here too.
@@justincrossman9067 thank you for being the voice of reason in these comments. People get cause and effect confused all the time, and this is a perfect example of it. Michael Chrichton described it as "wet streets cause rain."
Filmed in front of a live studio audience 😂
Love it
lol!
🤣
"Hi Paul! Got any more Pop Tarts?"
😂😂😂😂
I don't have a double coach gun, but I am never going to forget "Right up front, Left behind."
@Timothy Mckee Voting is stupid and ghay. I come here to watch about guns and not political commentary.
@Timothy Mckee Well if you are going to make it political I would opt for one trigger in the middle that works with both sides and actually gets things done and not constantly work to undermine the other side.
@@ph43drus Not possible where there's no middle ground, which is a lot of issues being faced today.
@@ph43drus The only thing in the middle is the ejector. Have to pick one.
@Timothy Mckee LoL - like it makes a fuggin' bit of difference who gets the highest vote count 😒
When Paul speaks, even the deer pays attention!
Know thy enemy- Sun Tsu
^a deer pays (or) the deer pay 😄
Paul Harrell doesn't have to "hunt" deer. They come to him! Thanks for another great video. I love my(hammerless)
coach gun.
He’s such a crack shot they would prefer him to do the honors
😂😂
Why die unexpectedly and tired. Paul will come for you eventually, might as well get it over with Honorably
They are having gun safety lessons too. 😁
Is Paul turning into the hunting version of Chuck Norris? LOL!
The Buck Fever impression was well played. Thanks.
I am very Thankful for my father for teaching me basic gun safety. Secondly I am Thankful for Paul Harrell for refreshing my training.
Paul's handling technique goes far beyond basic gun safety because it is arcane knowledge that has passed beyond most people's memory. Two exposed hammers and two triggers add a lot of room for accidents and unintended or negligent discharges. That type of shotgun is just not as common anymore.
8:10 Deer equivalent of seeing someone from the other side of a battle you were in after the war is over. They can't decide if he's still a threat, or if he's friendly.
Dude don't worry, Paul is Based.
They see the camera, they know it's cool.
Deer are weird this time of year. They're weary after winter, does are pregnant, people stopped feeding them, and vegetation just started sprouting.
All quiet on the western front (2022) moment
The deer came for the Shatneresque pauses and tedious chronograph readings.
The deer heard a gunshot and gave up. They know its Paul
So epic the deer just hanging out with Paul. Man Paul must get a ton of know it alls trying to tell him how to do things with guns. The patience he has is very commendable.
I know - too funny.
i couldn't do it..... i would, for sure, be going off on somebody at least once a week....
Yeah, the deer are constant kibitzers.
Guy: "Welp, the 45 ACP kills a man's soul, you know."
Paul: "I though the soul was immutable and could not be destroyed."
Guy: "HUH??"
Those are his 4 legged subscribers we never see comments from
“Be vewy vewy quiet. I’m hunting soda jugs.” 😊
“Be careful guys… oh nevermind it’s just Paul talking about hunting.” - the deer probably.
It's not hunting season, so the deer are doing recon work.
Paul is always informative analytical and entertaining, my favorite gun channel on CZcams!!
David Buldini
I'll second that. 👍
Ez
yes.!!!!!!!!!!
Even the deer likes him!
I enjoyed watching this, even though I don't now, and likely never will, own a side-by-side shotgun. I also liked how the whole herd of deer came up to see what Paul was doing
Oh they're great and when they have exposed hammers, double great because you can store them loaded and uncocked. "Hammerless" shotguns, which you will most likely encounter and are the norm in this era, are cocked once you close the action.
@@Hjerte_Verke good point
My Dad let me use a 20ga single shot gun when I was young for rabbits or doves. It had a hammer. He showed me how it worked and for a couple of years I only used it with him in attendance. That single shot taught me safety and marksmanship. Dad would always do an AAR (an after action review, not a report, as a report is written). When he felt I was ready, I could take the gun out hunting alone, but I had to let him know what I was doing and where I was going. We had special sessions on shooting deer with slugs. He would draw a life-sized doe outline on a piece of cardboard and staple it to a wooden frame. I have never had a double barrel gun. I like Paul's approach here. He stressed safety and it made perfect sense to me. He reminded me of my Dad in how he explained things. I am 65 now, and Dad is gone, but his lessons are not.
My dad is your age and also trained me on a single shot 20gauge. I think it was a remington but I can't remember. I know that it had an extractor and the shells would pop out after you shot them. Very fun gun to shoot targets with
Perfect way to end a Sunday! 🙂
He probably meant to release it earlier today but forgot.
I am from Ireland. This helps me a lot. Thank you.
@ShimmerySound I doubt it. Shotguns, particularly double-barreled instead of semi-autos, are most of the (legal) guns there.
@ShimmerySound in many parts of Europe, including Ireland, it is significantly easier to legally own a double barrel shotgun than it is to own any other real firearm (ignoring air rifles etc)
@@cm01 Problem there is they're most likely to be hammerless sidelock ejectors, even if they're not o/u. The "coach gun" style isn't exactly common.
I love it, Paul has sarcasm within the first sentence of the video. Great video, shows how not to cock up when shooting off your shotgun so you don't shoot off your own shoe. Even the Deer were impressed
LEO!
Love the deer foraging behind the man giving deer hunting advice
I like when your deer heard shows up for some information. Your coach gun is a keeper, thanks for the video.
The presentation is second to none, but the acting? Absolutely peerless. Thanks Paul
He's acting?
Post soda jug shot: I've been watch Paul for years, and that's the most animated I've EVER seen him.
I really appreciate Paul hiring deer as extras for his videos.
Never had buck fever before, until this last year. On the last day of bow season I shot a large bodied, crap rack buck, thing just walked off about 15 yards and died. It's buddies were just standing there looking up at me in the stand. I was just sitting there for 30 minutes, whole tree shaking from me shivering, with 8 deer looking up at me. Fun times...
I love the way deer are often wandering around in the background of Paul's videos. When I was in the Army stationed at West Fort Hood, every day there would be deer between the runway and the taxiway. When we drove off the airfield, there would be deer in a field next to the road. Until the start of deer season. Then the deer would disappear for two weeks. But the day after hunting season ended, there would be deer next to the runway and deer in the field. It was like the deer had the hunting schedule.
Deer know...
They Googled it🤣🤣 I've seen the same thing in upstate NY traveling back to college in the fall. Deer all over the hillside until season started
Deer and elk 100% have the seasons memorized.
Moose may or may not, depends on how much hunting pressure they get.
It could also be the deer are just used to him. They know he is safe because he has never been a threat to them and they know what he looks like and smells like and they can smell him long before they ever see him, AND he has left treats behind probably more times than we know about and we know about just one instance in the last Christmas Special when he left apples, nuts, seeds and other goodies as Christmas gifts to the wildlife. Paul said they don't care for the orange lung tissue from the meat targets but I bet they don't mind the soda flavored snow. I do wonder about that.
Paul is the only guy who shoots and then has deer show up to watch the festivities.
Paul is the Grandpa we all need.
My old boss was a Vietnam Vet. He was one of the few that didn't mind talking about it, so I was always picking his brain about some of the minor details that the mainstream glosses over. One of the things he told me that one of his buddies completed his tour and was shipping back home. Before he left, he gave him his rig. One of the main center pieces was his sawed off shotgun. It was a coachgun like this, but only in 20 ga. and it had the stock sawed off and the barrels also cut down to about a foot long. He made a custom holster that rode below his service pistol holster and strapped to the side of his leg. He said it was his go to when it very close contact because of it's massive spread from the muzzle. If nothing else it would buy him enough time to get his primary and secondary firearms out and in play. A face full of birdshot may not be lethal, but it would take the fight out of anyone, and his VC enemy was no different. Now, that was war, please don't do that for a self defense option. I wanted to show that the coachgun is a very strong weapon of war and it's power.
Interesting story. And I´m not asking this as meaning to question it, but did he use it, or was it "better have and not need" stuff?🙂
I bought a 20ga dbl barrel shotgun for home defense, choosing 20 ga
because I have the dies for 20 ga on my shot shell press.
I like the dbl. barrel, with barrels at legal length, because it is
a shorter gun than a pump or autoloader, and so easier to maneuver indoors.
Subsequently, I have changed my mind about using a shotgun indoors because
it would blast out my elderly ears on the first shot.
I'm thinking about trading it for a .22 semi-auto carbine.
It's quieter than a shotgun or hi-power rifle or handgun,
and it's so easy to get off that 2nd and 3rd shot, with .22LR
I hear stories about non-issue firearms in war and I always have to ask how do they keep those things fed?
When I was in the Gulf War, we had many months of sitting on our rears waiting for something to happen. There were all kinds of hypothetical scenarios that we'd kick around, some far fetched and some not.
On my tank we had the 105mm main gun, an M60E2 coax machinegun, an M85 .50 cal, 4 Beretta's, and 1 M16A2. For reasons that I don't recall, we decided that a good addition to that would be a pair of 30-30 levers. But even if we could magically get our hands on some '94s, where would we get the cartridges?
I'm not saying that your boss is fibbing. Quite the contrary. Guys find all kinds of ways to get a hold of gear that the US military deems unnecessary. The question is how?
Now my example was a bit extreme because we were in the field nearly the entire time with our only breaks being two days every 4 to 6 weeks at an R&R camp, and both the military as well as the Saudi's regularly went through our care packages. So we had zero opportunity to get anything of anything that wasn't issue or sold by the PX truck that came by only twice in the 5 months before the ground war kicked off.
But my dad's platoon at least part of the time was based out of Phu Bai and had more resources to draw from. But even given that your boss had something similar, I can't imagine that 20 gauge birdshot would be easy to come by.
@@mu99ins 22lr is a rimfire cartridge. It is less reliable.
@@Lexicologist1971 I'm trying to think how many thousands of .22LR rounds I've shot. I've never had a dud. In fact, I've never had a dud in anything I've shot. How many duds have you had?
Love it….. “right out front or your left behind”. You learn something new every day. Thanks Paul.
Just a suggestion. If you ever try to polish out that chamber, work it 'in and out', not 'around and around'. If you do it 'around and around' the polish grit will cut sideways micro grooves that work like the ribbing you see on some nails and work to grip the shell (on a microscopic level). If you polish 'in and out', those micro grooves will be less likely to 'grab'. The shell will be following the microgrooves instead of moving perpendicular to them. Might make that shell come out easier, unless it has rust pitting.
Maybe you've tried this already. Anyway, might be worth a shot (ba doom ching). Just thought I'd toss that out there.
Imagine trying to teach Paul Harrell about guns.
@@vincedibona4687 Polishing. Pardon me trying to help your deity.
Lol. All my mind was doing was polishing the gutter.
@@jayoballes3547 I knew there'd be one. 😋
@@GUNNER67akaKelt - Paul Harrell not part of anyone's diet. ; )
Been a wild wacky family stuffed weekend and what a beautiful way to go out with a Paul Harrell video! Infotainment at a peak level.
Even wildlife shows up for Paul's videos....mad respect.
Lol , I love the deer listing to the lecture. It also felt a bit off without a PopTart advertisement. Always informative info here.
The portrayal of someone whoopty doing over getting a hit is even more hilarious the way Paul did it
Thank you Paul for another excellent video. My first experience with "buck fever" was with a bow. Practiced all summer. Got to where I could hit the bullseye at fifty yards. Tracked the buck down. When the buck was within 30 feet, I shot ........ and the arrow was AT LEAST 10 feet above his back. Since he was "in season" that buck didn't stick around.... only buck I came across that year.
LOVE how the deer wander through your range - even while you are shooting. They KNOW they are safe.
Appreciate the "right up front, or left behind" mnemonic - best one I've heard for doubles.
Keep up the good work!
I loved the "stunt deer!"
Cracks me up when you do a video and big game just meandering around behind you.
I have an 1878 Stagecoach gun from Cimarron Firearms (TX), 12 GA, 3" chamber, double pipes, twin hammers, and tandem triggers. What a terrific firearm !!! Kicks like a buffalo, too !!
Great presentation.
NICE.
Paul knew the deer were there and no the camera person didn't sign language and no Paul doesn't have eyes in back of his head, he has a six sense. the deer were gathering intelligence to survive next season. any other questions? thanks for watching and thank you Paul!
Always the king of common sense and clear explanation. Thank you.
That was priceless. Talking about deer hunting, with the deer in the background.
Good video. Takes me back.😅 I have an old New York Arms hammer double 12 gauge, inherited from Dad. Once, he spotted ducks on the creek, stepped out with the guy from whom he got the gun. Now, though right handed, Dad shot shoulder arms lefty due to a bad right eye, and he had fairly thick fingers. He cocked both hammers. The ducks flew. BOOM! One duck goes down, thoroughly ballasted with shot, while the rest depart. His friend says “why didn’t you shoot the other barrel?” Dad rubs his shoulder and says in a pained voice, “I did!” Yep, cocking both and putting two fingers in the trigger guard can lead to excitement.🙄
How you can tell when it's not deer season .
8:00 the 7 deer are part of the audience!!!
Love seeing this. I ENVY anyone who has critters on their property. It's always a huge deal for a city boy like me to see wildlife. Example: I once lived in San Francisco for 3 years (well before the current lunacy.) I'd go running after work by some golf courses in the northwest corner of the city. Every once in a while I'd see a hawk, a coyote or a raccoon, and I loved seeing them.
One reason I got into blackpowder was because I'd already spent so many years shooting various types of modern weapons, and I wanted to learn how to use another type of weapon. A side-by-side coach gun is another type of weapon I've thought of getting just to learn how to run a shotgun with external hammers, and this video has given me a lot of food for thought if I ever do get one. I had never even considered any of the issues raised in this video, and I'm glad I saw it.
I was considering black powder for the same reasons. Kinda like "back to the roots" thing to appreciate what our founders had to use to free this country. Then again I've watched enough videos to see it in action. I'm still interested though.
@Mike Withers It's well worth it. The Remington blackpowder revolvers are the easiest way to start out with the hobby because of their solid frame construction and inherent functionality out of the box.
Paul getting photo bombed by his deer friends again. Priceless!
8:10 I love how those deer are just looking at him and then looking in the direction he's pointing going "who the heck is he talking to?" :)
Thats actually a really well thought through protocol.
This is whats great about growing up with a specific firearm.
My kid is only 7 but hes had a SAA revolver and a lever action rossi for 2yrs now. I figured they were both safe, easy to understand, and reliable mechanisms for him to learn on. I hope they last him his whole life. He will also inherit my fathers and my own collections. If he doesnt want them, he could at least buy a house with the money. 😂
When asked why I own that exact model of shotgun I always answer, "because of Jack Elam in the film Rio Lobo". For the record, I have never "wired the triggers back".
Thank you for another excellent block of instruction.
👍😊 nice guy.
Great movie and great character! Man that guy was in a lot of western movies and shows.
Great movie.
Absolutely stunning wide shots of clear skies.
I like that the deer understand that Paul has proper trigger discipline.
Great explanation of your method. Too often, well-respected gun people don't feel the need to explain their techniques and everyone loses out because there is a lot to learn when a person's rationale is explained in detail. Thank you again for the fine content.
The double barrel has always been a staple with me ever since I first watched Army of Darkness when I was a kid. No other shotgun or firearm for that matter was known as the "Boomstick" in my eyes, lol. Great presentation Paul and thanks for including the deer, that was cool to see!
Shop S-mart. Shop S-mart. Hail to the King.
@@warblerblue Klattu, Verata, ... nickel, necktie... I know it was an n-word...
This.....is my BOOMSTICK! A 12 gauge double barrel Remington.
@@missingnola3823 "Gort - Klaatu barada nikto!", from the movie "The Day the Earth Stood Still".
@@kevingoebel170 yes, but you have to see the Army of Darkness scene with those words. :)
The kill celebration impersonation was well worth the price of admission!
8:10. LOL So funny to watch deer just casually walking around while Paul is discharging a very LOUD firearm. Another great presentation by a TRUE professional. Thank you, Sir!
You’re the best Paul. Happy Easter.
Those deer tracked you easy Paul!
So cool seeing those deer in the background! Thanks for the video 🙂
The "Extra's" in the background .. Nice touch.
I like old fashioned firearms. There's an 'honesty' to them.
Paul, life took me out of the field a while ago. But i still enjoy watching you share your knowledge and philosophy. Thank you.
Is Paul the greatest firearms instructor? I Think so.
Thank you for answering my question in such detail. Makes sense.
Thank you for answering that question. The deer are wondering when you'll put out the fruit buffet. You have some pretty fine acting skills as the guy that shot the soda jug !
Paul’s so awesome the deer flock to the sound of his gunfire. They know the dude abides
Thanks,you reminded me of "doubling" guns,my father in law had a Stirlingworth Fox hammerless double trigger which occasionally would "double" just as a reminder it had to go to the smith for attention. It's mine now,fully refurbished and works like it was designed.🙃
Another fine presentation! Thanks, Paul!
Now I want a coach gun
The deer always like to photo-bomb Paul's videos.
"Out front and left behind," I learned another tip from Paul. Excellent video.
Once again, thanks Paul for your wisdom and insight!
Thank you for yet another well done and informative video. Much Appreciated, good Sir.
Another well made and informative video.
Thank You Sir.
Thank you. I learned a half-dozen things from this video. Then I was reminded of another score or so of shotgun facts. The most important reminder was "know your own gun."
The deer herd in the background, within what looked like 100 feet of a man with a long gun, was a good laugh. For some reason, wildlife on American gun ranges are not as skittish as off the gun range. There's reasons for that. I can only guess. It is still funny that the deer were merely curious about what the funny man was doing on their dinner table instead of hiding until the man with the boom stick vanished.
The things I learned from you apply to break-action guns of all types, whether they have one barrel or four. Yours had two barrels. Left barrel, rear trigger and right barrel/front trigger is something I didn't know because the only double barrel I owned 40 years ago was a Savage 311C in 12 gauge and it was a hammerless shotgun with ejectors and an automatic thumb safety (remember to push the safety OFF after closing the barrel). I didn't fire it enough to care which barrel went off first. I think that the right barrel was modified choke and the left barrel was full choke, but I distrust my memory. It makes a difference when the hunter overcomplicates his shooting process by loading two different shot sizes in his double barrel to maximize performance in that barrel. It also makes a difference when the game animal flees--the more-open choke is fired first at the shorter distance to increase hit probability and the tighter-choked barrel is fired at the longer distance to increase pattern density at that range. As I said, I didn't fire my double barrel enough to determine performance--I didn't even pattern the gun!
Even with automatic ejectors (Savage Model 24, Winchester Model 37 and that 311) there was a technique to get the shells to clear the action--opened slowly and the automatic ejectors functioned as extractors only, requiring spent shells to be plucked out. The action had to be snapped open briskly. With the 311, slow opening permitted me to replace the spent shell without launching the live shell into tall grass.
The major takeaway from your presentation: "Know your own gun!"
Thanks, Paul. I always learn something.
Thank you Paul and crew, needed this. Tough week. Don’t own a double barrel shotgun or plan to get one but I will watch absorb and enjoy the this content.
Thoroughly educational as always, thank you.
"Right up Front... or Left Behind". Thanks, I can remember that now!
Thank you for the great educational information, and advice. Where I live I'm having some difficulty in finding a double barrel 12 gauge coach gun. I did find a 20 gauge Stoeger. It doesn't have exposed hammers though. It does have the two triggers. I really like it for home defense. Once again thank you for your time and I find you have a wealth of knowledge.
I have the same thing in 12 gauge, got it for Cowboy Action Shooting and then never got a chance to take it up during the last three years. Took the shotgun to a range and had way too much fun with it. 😊
We found our Stoeger several years ago...now option A for that bump in the night...
The deer know how serious Paul takes his weapons safety 😉
Deer like "Here you can see a wild Paul Harrel in his natural habitat."
Thank you Paul for another enjoyable, informative video.
I’ve accidentally pulled a trigger on a muzzle loader double . He makes a good point . You’d think 2 triggers would be a simple thing to master but it’s not especially when u have to cap em and decock em. So don’t be cocking both triggers .
dont be cocky or triggered....
When you mentioned "buck fever", my mind instantly went to a story I read from someone about how their son ended up shooting himself in the head after shooting a deer and running towards it.
What a grizzly fate.
say what.????????
Thanks, Paul.
Right up front,left behind...Outstanding. Thank you Paul👏👍💥💥
Happy Easter Paul! The upload is a treat to top off a good day
Very interesting, you reminded me of things we were taught in our PAL class and some tips and tricks I had never known. Great video.
The deer video bomb was classic. Nice job.
My favorite aspect of this channel is how all of the advice given is from a purely practical viewpoint. Recently got myself a Stoeger Double Defense 12 gauge side by side and I'll use this knowledge on my next hunting trip. Thanks Paul!
Paul, I know you’re not likely to read this comment but your videos have always been amazing and I appreciate you greatly. You remind me of my grandfather and since his passing I’ve found your videos helpful in resurfacing old memories of him and I bonding over our shared interest. I want to thank you for helping me through this even if you don’t know you have.
Be sure to comment on a video the day it premieres or the day after. Paul does read the comments but there's no way he can keep reading every comment on every video he makes because the number of comments keep growing exponentially, but he says he does read every comment especially if they begin with "Paul,"
That's the most deer I've ever seen in one of Paul's videos!
Happy Easter everyone.
Thanks Paul for all you do. Hopefully, someone that is starting out is out there watching. Safety should always be #1.
Always a pleasure to see you again Paul
Don't have a double SXS myself,
but it was stil informative.
Deer are very curious animals.
If not for the curiosity, they'd be
nearly impossible to kill.
Thanks for the video
Paul, I just want to say that I am a huge fan, and having tried a lot of what you have demonstrated from your experience, I can say that it has worked quite well, to the point where I can understand why you do it, because it works.
Another great video! Good information and beautiful backgrounds!
Fantastic presentation.