Originally Posted By: Doverham
Originally Posted By: Ted Schefelbein

Which is not the same as saying it works well.

English single triggers have a well deserved reputation.

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Ted


I am no fan of STs - only one of my guns has one, and I have replaced the STs on two of my guns with DTs.

If you view the pigeon ring as the crucible for testing vintage shotgun design, a lot of Brit pigeon guns had/have STs. Given the stakes involved, it seems unlikely competitors would have requested STs on their guns without a high level of confidence that they worked when needed. What subsequent restocking and other gunsmithing did to some of those STs is a different story.

But the larger point is that there are a lot of very fine , very expensive vintage Purdey, H&H, Boss, WR, etc. shotguns out there with OEM STs, which would contradict a claim that an ST is the worst thing you could do to a double.


One can say that Boss has built a lot of guns. But, one would be wrong. They are still short of 10,000, by a considerable margin, after 200 some odd years. Hence, the statement that there are "a lot" of them with single triggers is a bit suspect.

Given the stakes involved in live pigeon shooting, most competitors went Italian, a long time ago.

While a single trigger might not be the worst thing on a good double, it's pretty close. I'd put it in the same category as porting.

Boss single trigger, or any other.

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Ted