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Elmer may not have been an authority on doubles. He did, however do a damn site more hunting with one, in Africa, Idaho and Alaska than I ever will and probably more than anyone on this forum has done as well. We do seem to have a lot of experts here, though with more knowlede than he had.
: I merely stated what someone with great experience in hunting and some experience with doubles preferred, not that it was the proper way to do it.

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Elmer is one of my all time favorites in the gun rag business, and he did a lot of hunting in Alaska, Wyoming, and Idaho. He did some hunting in Africa as well but not a lot! If you want to know what Elmer's preference was it was not rear trigger first, in most cases! His preference was for a single trigger on a double rifle! Adtionally, Elmer was a real expert on lever action rifles, pistols of all kinds, but prefered revolvers. Most of his hunting with a rifle that was not a lever action, was with a bolt rifle! He owned a few doubles over the years, but most were single trigger rifles by Westley Richards. The Westley Richards is something I totally agree with Elmer on, but the single trigger I definently do not.

A single trigger is the only single item on a double rifle that will put the rifle out of service completely if it breaks. That has nothing to do with shooting the left barrel first, however! The reason the trigger is lighter on the right barrel is because that is the first one fired by the regulator, so that is cut with a light pull, and that is why the "SET" trigger is on that trigger, because the first shot is usually the more precise, on an un alarmed animal, and the back trigger is cut for a heavier pull, because it avoids doubleing, to some extent, and is uaually the second shot, on an incoming, or running away animal, and a light trigger is not needed. Fireing the back trigger first to avoid a double discharge, is somtimes the cause of a doubleing because the recoil of fireing the left barrel sets off the light trigger on the right barrel.

In the case of, rear trigger first, it is one's personal choice! However, there those here, and other places on the internet, that disclaim the fact that a right handed double rifle with two triggers is "DESIGNED" to be fire front trigger first! The rifles are regulated that way at the makers,, and the trigger engagement is cut for that sequince of fire. The front trigger is always lighter than the back trigger. There is a reason for that! If you look at any rifle that has a set trigger on one of the triggers, it will always be the front trigger on a right handed rifle. There is a reason for that, as well!

It make no difference to me how one shoots "HIS" double rifle, but mine are fired front trigger first!

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