I know the topic of hunting with a loaded chamber is volitile, but I would like to know if single shot hunters hunt with or without loaded chambers, and if cold chamber hunters avoid single shot rifles more than hot chamber hunters do.
Sorry, but, the idea of HUNTING with an empty chamber (unless it's an old SA wheelgun) is completely foreign to my brain. I'd like to see these empty chamber folks TRY to get a deer, rabbit, coyote, squirrel, dove, hog, ANYTHING around here.
As for success, I started with single shot 410, graduated to a single shot 22lr, then a double 20ga (still have it). I can't say I do any better one way or the other. I pretty much take the same shots all the time. I do know I tend to go for bigger holes with a single shot than a repeater.
I stopped "trying" for one shot kills and concentrating on killing it ASAP a long time ago. I can get a 2nd shot off as fast as the typical bolt action shooter with one of my break actions.
