| twobobbwana |
| (.333 member) |
| 12/03/20 11:35 AM |
Re: Westley Richards Single Select Trigger - Big Bore Rifles?
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All my competition shotguns, mostly Perazzis, have single triggers. Despite this fact, I would never want a single trigger on a double rifle. If your shotgun fails to function, you get another chance.
To me, the big advantage of a double rifle is two separate lock mechanisms, so that if one fails, the other is still available. A single trigger negates that advantage, since failure by it causes you to lose both locks. Taylor refers to this in his "African Rifles and Cartridges."
Some people have difficulty with shifting from a single trigger shotgun to a double trigger shotgun, drilling, combination gun or double rifle. For whatever reason, I do not. I can switch from single to double triggers and from automatic or double shotguns to pumps without a bobble.
The answer is practice, practice, practice.
People forget that single triggers can be mechanical (you can fire the second barrel even if the first one fails) and innertia (recoil of first shot activates trigger to fire second barrel) so there is no reason to believe that a double rifle cannot have a "mechanical" single trigger.
That way you get an attempt at firing both barrels no matter what.