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I don't really like single triggers either. But if you ask me what's the best one in terms of easiness of barrel selection, IMO nothing beats the old Izh27 thing Seriously, I do. In this gun, to shoot the upper barrel first, you push the trigger forward. Guess it doesn't have any practical value for y'all, but I do like this design

One dissenting vote. For upland gunning, I much prefer a single non-selective trigger. It's just right for 95% of the shooting opportunities. I'll gladly sacrifice the other 5% for the benefit of a roomy trigger guard. Most of my gunning these days is in Minnesota, and mostly in November and December. The NSST allows for quick, easy operation while wearing warm gloves.

I've owned - and own today - DT and SST guns, but for cold weather gunning, the NSST is my gun of choice.

I have used the various types of SST selector systems. I have no preference with respect to field use as I cannot make sufficiently fast use of any of them.

My preference afield is DTs. About 20% of my first shots are 2nd barrel shots - even hunting grouse and WC. I'm not exactly unarmed with a SST, but there it is.

On the range I prefer a tang system simply b/c (I feel) these can be safely manipulated action closed or open. Perhaps I'm mistaken about this, but manipulating a trigger button selector on a closed double gives me the creeps.

Sam

I prefer the "button on the trigger" as on my Valmet O/U. I'm trying to get used to the tang-type selector on my Gold Label, but don't really expect to have to select on most upland shots. (Getting the safety off smoothly is enough work for one old thumb!)

For ducks and for "blocking" positions on pheasants, you have time to select and a selective trigger is helpful, if you only have one trigger. For pure upland shooting, I just leave the selector alone and shoot the open barrel first. I don't seem to have problems moving from double trigger guns to single. (Or maybe that should be #12231 in Armstrong's Database of Wingshooting Alibis).

Favorite single selective trigger - that's like asking me what's my favorite Michael Bolton song. (apologies to all the Bolton fans who hang out here....*g*) I once owned a gun with a combined safety/selector switch on the tang and hated it. For the admittedly rare times when you tried to quickly flip the safety and change barrels, it would sometimes hang up and the safety wouldn't disengage. I still own one gun with the selector on the trigger, and it's OK, but I think a double gun ought to have double triggers, period.

I like both the "oldie" Miller trigger, I have one on a 1930's Charles Daly O/U by Masquelier, and I like the Browning type trigger. Totally different designs, but both are excellent IMO.

Since the question was "What Type of SST Do You Perfer", not whether you like DTs, I'll say that a selectable trigger has not really been much of an advantage to me over a non-selectable trigger in the field. I've had both. The exception to that is on sporting clays guns when it's more convenient to put the trigger on the tighter choked barrel first rather than swap chokes on occasion where a long shot is taken first then a close shot.

My Beretta 682 Gold E selector has been troublesome in that it moves around on its own. My BSS SST 12g trigger has been flawless for over 20 yrs and over 15k rounds. My LC Smith SST has also been flawless with only a few thousand rounds thru it.

No SST has proven particularly useful for changing barrels for a shot that presents itself during my upland hunting. So, I just set them on the most open barrel and leave them.

So, I prefer a SST that simply doesn't fail, no matter the design. Several have been good for that.

In spite of common usage, the barrel selector should not be on the trigger! Win 21, Merkel, SKB and others have put it there, making it necessary to touch the trigger BEFORE intending to shoot. What could possibly go wrong?

Two locks, two triggers. If one side fails, I would not want rogue pheasant to beak me to death. Number 5 lead in right and number 4 Hevishot in left just in case crazzzzy bird decides to dive bomb!

My opinion is based on something I read several years ago; semi-quote " If double guns originally all had single triggers, someone would eventually come up with double triggers. Then every one would want them on their gun because of instant selection and no problems".