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I suppose they all make them, on request, but the reason you don't see many of them, at least in side by side double rifles, that are chambered for dangerous game is, because most do not want them.

There are two famous hunting book authors who love single trigger double rifles, and they are Will Stewart, and Elmer Keith! One (Elmer) because he was hard headed, and the other because of his self confessed inability to work double triggers properly, and must have a single trigger, to avoid being killed!

IMO, there is only one item that will effectively take away the "TWO SEPERATE SINGLE SHOT RIFLES ON THE SAME STOCK" rock solid reliability of the S/S double rifle, and that is a malfunctioning single trigger. If it fails it takes a fine defense weapon and makes it into a 11 pound club!

I can hear the keyboards clattering now, typing out the fact that a mechanical single trigger will opperate the other barrel if it fails on the first barrel. Wellllllllll maybe, and maybe not! It depends how it breaks. But it is better than an inertia selected trigger, but only for the first shot on that second barrel. After that on a re-loading of the rifle it has to try the damaged side before it fires the second barrel each time. In the case of a failed single trigger, a single SELECTIVE trigger would be better. That way it could be selected to the other barrel so it would fire it every time, after a failier. I think any other failed single trigger would be a little more stressful, that learning to use double triggers, and is, IMO, a lot more likely to get the shooter killed.

In my opinion, if you can't opperate double triggers, stick to a well made CRF bolt rifle!

..............That's my two cents, spend it where it will do you the most good!

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