roughshooter
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Dear Members,
I have posted this on another forum but I am also interested in the opinions of the members here. As a prospective Double rifle owner I value the opinions of those who have hunted dangerous game with them.
Dear Gentlemen,
I am considering certain factors prior to ordering my first double rifle.
I note that the general concensus is that a double trigger is better because if the mechanism fails you are not left with a 10lb club. I fully understand this reasoning but given that surely most hunting these days for dangerous game is done in company with at least one other person, i.e a Professional Hunter who is naturally armed, is the double trigger still a requirement ?
I further note that John 'Pondoro' Taylor failed to see the need for double triggers on a quality gun (notably the Westley Richards) and suggested that a single trigger is better as it allows an even quicker second shot without the need to move ones hand. Taylor cited James Sutherland as using nothing but a single trigger Westley Richards and having shot over 1000 elephants with it.
Is the double trigger still as valid as it was or is it still used extensively owing to tradition ?
Your thourghts please.
Regards Craig.
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bonanza
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Craig,
Good question. As most men here probably shoot skeet with an over under shotgun the speed of the single trigger is noteworthy. Furthermore, I have never had a failure or "double" of my Berreta shotgun.
However, the double rifle is another beast entirely. Think of it as two independent rifles on one stock. A single trigger, no matter how perfectly engineered, is still linked to the other. The most common mode of failure with a single trigger is doubling. With a double trigger you always have at least a single shot rifle.
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Yochanan
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Double triggers!  Simple! Provided you have loaded the double with one solid and one soft bullet. With double triggers you can, at split second notice, decide which type of bullet to fire. 
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500Nitro
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Double.
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CHAPUISARMES
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Double Triggers for sure. 
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AkMike
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It's a double barreled single shot with 1 trigger for each tube.
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roughshooter
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Ok so far most people prefer double triggers....but other than member 'bonanza' (thank you) does anybody care to elaborate as to why ?
If a quality mechanism is used is a double discharge still likely ?
Beleive me my mind is absolutely 50/50 on this one so opinions do count.
Regards Craig.
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CHAPUISARMES
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Hi Craig,
I have also done some Trap shooting and yes, the shotgun had a single trigger. But consider this, the Double Rifle was designed on the basis of two rifles in one, now let's say that it was not the actual rifle that had the problem but the cartridge failed to go off on the first shot ?? as the single trigger relies on inertia to reset the second trigger you are up the creek with no paddle.
It doesn't matter when you have the second trigger, you just move the finger and your still in the game. That's just my opinion.
Cheers,
Jeff Gray
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bonanza
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Not to overstate the point, the double rifle is TWO rifles on one stock. The SxS or O/U shotgun is to shoot two birds, not take a second shot normally.
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crkennedy1
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My Harley has two tires, my arrows have three fletchings, my cat has nine lifes and my double has two triggers - don't mess with mother nature!
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roughshooter
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Dear All,
I think this has answered my question and convinced me one way or the other. The two deciding factors were...
1. ... now let's say that it was not the actual rifle that had the problem but the cartridge failed to go off on the first shot ?? as the single trigger relies on inertia to reset the second trigger you are up the creek with no paddle.
2. ...the double rifle is TWO rifles on one stock.
Not meaning to sound psycophantic but those two comments alone have convinced me which way to go.
Thank you Bonanza and Jeff Gray...its double all the way !
I feel I may well enjoy this here forum.
Regards Craig.
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CHAPUISARMES
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Hi Craig,
I am glad to be of help, now that's one down, the rest of the population to follow.... Just Joking.
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mauserand9mm
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Well the decision has been made but just to reinforce the arguement: if you miss with the first shot and have problems with the inertia trigger preventing the second shot, at least a duck won't pound you into the earth.
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NitroX
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Double triggers. For barrel selection and insurance.
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DDouble
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well, I train shooting around 500-800 shots a week with my Perazzi and after 100.000 shots through my 1972made Perazzi I have never seen a failure of the shotgun mechanism itself. The same for about 10 guys with Perazzis in my club.
However, I have seen one Perazzi trigger group that doubled regularly owned by a friend (it tends to happen in those trigger groups with a selective mechanism - so yes, you could switch from soft to solid...).
But another common failure is different: the shooter shoots the first shot and does not take the finger all the way back and the second shot doesnt fire. In a split second he can ease the finger and shoot, but mental disabilities common in this situation could be a problem...
Both my double have double triguers... and I have on Beretta shotgun with them which I like to use before our buffalo hunts around here...
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Dutch44
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Although my doubles all have 2 triggers if I were to have WR build a new one for me today then it would have a single trigger. If it was good enough for Jim Sutherland it is certainly good enough for me.
Dutch
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DarylS
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I like the double triggers.
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577500WR
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Nitro X has it right. Double triggers are the way to go for several reasons. None of those reasons in my mind are that it is more traditional (even though it is). It is more for safety and to allow you a chance to get off a second shot under pressure.
A friend of mine told me a story of having a big brown bear pop up in front of him while deer hunting. His partner raised his lever action rifle and shucked all of his shells onto the ground. He thought he was shooting the bear...mistake. This is a great example of what pressure can make you do.
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tinker
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Two chambers, two barrels, two sets of lockwork - I'm fine with all that on one action in one stock, under one set of sights -- but I want two independent triggers.
I like the concept (and facility) of two relatively separate and complete systems in the same double rifle.
Cheers
Tinker
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bonanza
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My biggest gripe with the double rifle is the flimsy wrist. If your stock cracks, 7 barrels would be useless!
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bigmaxx
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Double trigger for me.
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Mike_Bailey
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The only single triggers I have not seen fail on one occasion or another were top end italians and since they are all inertia that rules them out for double rifles in DG scenario. a Boss single trigger for example has about 36 different parts.....you´d need to be mad to consider it. I don´t care if Jim Sutherland claimed never to have had a problem with his Westley single trigger, I´ve seen someone who did ! best, Mike
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xausa
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If I remember correctly, BRNO used to make an O/U DR/combination gun/shotgun with a double trigger mechanism (ZH 300). However, if you pulled the rear trigger twice, both barrels fired, making it, in effect, a single trigger. It would seem fairly simple to apply the same principle to the front trigger, giving the shooter an instant choice of which barrel fired first, without having to change triggers between shots.
I have no idea how complicated and fragile this mechanism was, but it's at least food for thought.
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