Double trigger guns

[Bluebarrels]

Ive had a double trigger 12g as a hide gun before,Thinking of getting another one,well a 20g , mainly for hide shooting and for use as a back-up gun,never had a problem with the Double trigger previously What do you all think??:hmm: BB pros-cons in your opinion. please

[Ozzy Fudd]

dont matter what everyone else thinks really, as long as you can shoot straight with it and it fits you!

 

i started off with an old basque s/s double trigger, was a bit awkward at the start, and scared the **** outta me the first time i put both barrels off at once but it taught me how to shoot, id have it back in the morning if i could

[Cosd]

as advised already, it's about how you get on with it that counts.

I started with a double trigger and still have it as a back up gun, nothing wrong with them at all.

 

Advantage of double trigger, if you take one shot then break the gun and something wizes past before you load, you you can close the gun and fire the second barrel very quickly. A lot quicker than a single trigger where you would have to remember to close the gun, select the second barrel and........the bird is in the distance.

 

Keep with what suits you not what suits others.

[utectok]

I've swapped from double to single triggers and I have to say I quite liked the instinctive barrel selection of two trigs as I often elect choked barrel for long shots etc that said I'm happy enough slipping the switch on the berretta now I would say the changeover is pretty disconcerting! You'll miss a few for a couple of outings !

[proTOM1]

I have a double trigger 20g its a lincoln it cost me all of £60 i have always had 12g but was in need of a lighter gun so got this 1 . I was a bit woried that it was double trigger but i now use it for most of my shooting and dont even think of it being a trouble so if you think you can get on with a double trigger give it a go !

[Harnser]

I have a double trigger sidelock that I love to bits . Light weight , instant barrel selection and loverly to look at . With a double trigger I prefer the stock to be a little on the short side rather than on the long side . I hate stretching for the front trigger as this tends to make me fumble for the second trigger and makes me take the palm of my hand off the the stock , but thats just me .

Harnser .

[wymberley]

Hi,

What Harnser says: instant barrel selection, a great advantage in a pigeon hide I feel. However, as always, each to his own.

Cheers

[mattslaptop247]

At least if somthing goes wrong with one trigger you still have the other as back up!

[Ozzy Fudd]

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Edited November 29, 2009 by babbyc1000

[reddan]

Alternatively, pull the bolt out as far as you can with pliers or molegrips, cut it off with a hacksaw as near the wall as you can, punch the whole lot back in and skim over the top with some quick drying polyfilla.

 

 

I don't think i really gave it enough time but I always felt that the back trigger was to far back and the front to far away. That being said I have a Baikal sxs double trigger 12 for roost shooting, being such a light and short gun it is great fun to use.

 

Dan

[clayman]

This post to an another Shooter' post looking for an ST S/S as a solution for his Son explains a lot about the use and practicalities for the D/T Game Gun

 

The game gun has two triggers for a very good reason. Its a DOUBLE GUN.

 

If this concept is understood and used in the field, the D/T is superior for game shooting to the SST, which is developed for competition clays.

 

Consider this.

 

I have two single barreled set choke guns. One has a No 4 36g Magnum in it as I might see quarry at 40yds +, or a big fox at range. I also have an open choked single with some 30g Pigeon specials in it, good for closer vermin etc, and won't destroy anything closer I want to eat.

 

So, out I go with both guns, and a quarry presents, but I've got the wrong gun in my hand, and no time to change, so I take a pop shot with an inappropriate load and either miss or destroy the meat for the pot as a result. By the time I've changed guns its to late, game has gone.

 

Solution would be to have BOTH guns in may hand at the same time, and some brilliant soul came up with the idea of the DOUBLE gun to do just that.

 

I now have this thing called a D/T S/S. Its light for carrying, has two differently choked barrels, and I can load two different loads. Now when Mr Fox pops his head I can present BOTH guns in one and take my finger quickly to the appropriate trigger and therefore barrel for the right choke and load.

 

If you stop thinking of the game gun as a two-shot gun, and instead as two guns side by side, which you aim to use as an optimum single shot to kill, guns the way you use your D/T will transform. For an SST to get the same barrel choice you have to know which barrel you have set, and if necessary move over the barrel selector. Actually, to optimise the S/S, this is MORE complicated than simply going to the right trigger.

 

The aim is NOT to fire off two barrels at anything that moves, thats just a waste of cartridges and demonstrates poor shooting ability. Instead think in terms of optimum barrel choking and load for what presents, and first shot is for that. If the second barrel is used, it should either be on a second presentation or only as a reserve.

 

The SST S/S has been developed and is sold to competition clay people who want a S/S for specialist competition or personal reasons, and for those few game shooters who want to be able to use both barrels in quick succession every time they shoot, but the latter are loosing in that process one of the major advantages of the double gun. Two different chokes and loads, and choose instantly with your finger which barrel to fire.