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It's got to be a lot better than the weight of the gun, for me to shoot it. My new Dickinson is sub-6#, and the triggers are MUCH less than that, and crisp as fresh Corn Flakes. I haven't tested them for actual weight, but would guess under 4#.

What was your impression (you only said they were good), in detail if you don't mind, of the single trigger on the SKB 200HR? Crispness, travel, pull weight range?

Thanks, SRH

There is more good about the BSS than weight, and the OP was talking about a target gun.
My small hands and my taste would like it smaller and more gracefully stocked.
Clearly, the basic BSS is no lightweight upland gun, but it is a very good waterfowl and durable target gun.

Those are very strong when he was starting out Searcy used the action to make rilfes in calibers like .45-70. The newer guns were assembled in Korea and had gold washed single selective trigger. If you have older one with nickel non-selective trigger be sure to wipe down barrels in and out with lightly oiled rag. The barrels and chambers have annoying tendency to oxidize.
I'm not criticizing those but merely saying that old Citoris can be had for less. They are just as well made and for some reason tend to have more pleasant recoil when same type of shells are used.

jager, you right bout dem early citoris bein alotta fine gon fur da monet, cept de screwed up de barrel linement...i mean puttin da barrels one top de udder? whats up wid dat? an den de went an screwed up worse when de put dem screwy choke tubes in da end o de barrels...whats up wid dat? every body no dat any proper doublegon got da barrels sxs...an choke tubes? well dats jest ah sin agin tradition...might as well shoot an i talian auto loader an be done wid hit.

Dim wit.

Stan, it's been some time since I last played with one of the new SKB's. I've been hoping to get one for field test, measure trigger pulls, etc. Having had both good and bad experiences with triggers on Turkish guns, I'm always interested in trying them out. All I can recall about the SKB trigger--and I handled both a 20 and a 28--was that there was not much slack and the pull was decent. Less than the weight of the gun.

I did get one of the early Dickinsons to field test. I thought it was a decent gun . . . except for the triggers. 20ga with pull weights between 7-8lbs. When I took that one back to the store, they also had a 12 and a 16. Both of those also had heavy triggers. I'm glad to hear they're doing better in that department, because I think they're otherwise impressive guns for the money.

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Just shot some sporting clays with the BSS for the first time. What a nice gun! It's short for me, but I'm 6' 5" so everything factory is short. Shot it really well. The more I play with this gun the more I like it. Those tight factory chokes just smoke targets. I'm already thinking of getting another one as a back up or for flurry shooting.
Regards,
Jeff

It is a surprisingly nice handling gun. I shoot mine well too. I put an inch pad on it to increase LOP to 15". I put Briley Chokes in it too.

30" bss is wonderful clays gun...most reliable of post ww2 sxs's?...any sxs champs out there? if so, what do you shoot?

how does win 21 hold up after a few thousand rounds of pounding?

any other sxs?s worth mentioning?

how bout galazan made guns? will they take a lickin an keep on tickin?