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On every Beretta 680 series gun that I've had, the barrel selector only changes the firing order and restricts nothing.

Shoot any barrel you care to first. You won't live long enough to wear a Beretta off-face.

HTH

Dr.WtS

If I shoot doubles with my 686 Silver Pigeon, and have the selector switch set so that the bottom barrel shoots first- then I take the over/under barrels off and put the single barrel on the gun to shoot trap, if I don't take a screw driver, remove the screw and switch the selector lever over to shoot the top barrel first, the gun won't fire. I've had it happen before................... If you look at the 2006 Ohio State Trap Shooting Hall Of Fame you'll see a Richard "Pat" Neff. He used to shoot a 682 Beretta. He shot at my club and was/is on the board of directors. I watched him shoot one time, years ago in the winter. He had that gun so worn out, it ended up, when he shot it , a huge puff of smoke would blow out the breech every time he fired the gun- it was so off face. So yeah, you can wear those Beretta trap guns out if you shoot them enough.

Of course the gun won't fire. It has an inertial setting trigger. The bottom barrel snaps but doesn't set the top barrel cos there's no boom! There's nothing "locked out".

I have to admit that I find the smoke blowing Beretta hard to believe for a number of reasons. But that might just be me.

It would be very difficult to wear out a Beretta beyond rebuildable IMO. But then anything is possible if there's a dedicated effort.

Have a day

Dr.WtS

In other words, if your selector switch is only showing one red dot, and you want to shoot the gun with only the single barrel, you have to remove the screw on the sector switch on the gun, and move the selector switch so that two red dots are showing, because it is locked in the wrong position. Other wise, you are trying to shoot the bottom barrel first, and since there is no barrel there, THE GUN WON'T FIRE. At least twice since I have had the gun, I went to shoot a round of trap and I had to stop , get a small screw driver, remove the selector screw and move the lever over because the gun wouldn't fire. I had previously been shooting both barrels and forgot to switch the lever back over. So, to me, if the gun selector switch is in the wrong position, it is locked out or whatever you want to call. it. So you are correct- if the switch is locked and screwed down in the wrong position, no inertia. Ha-ha!! Good luck..

Another reason that people like to shoot the bottom barrel first (when they are shooting both over under barrels) is that, supposedly, there is less recoil when you shoot the bottom barrel. And with less recoil, you can get a better shot on the second shot. Good luck guys.

Another thing to consider, after you have fired the over/under barrels and you want to put the single trap barrel on the gun, how is the gun going to reset BY INERTIA, if you haven't even fired the gun? It won't. And it won't fire at all, until you remove the set screw from the selector switch, move the selector switch into the correct position to fire the top barrel FIRST and then lock it in that position by replacing the set screw, You don't want to leave the set screw out, because you could bump the switch when you fire the gun and push it to the wrong side. You want to make sure you put the set screw back in the gun and LOCK it in that position. Have a nice day. .

You are making the whole thing really complicated. Probably 99% of Berettas with selectable triggers don't have the lock screw or even an accommodation for it.
Change barrels
Flip the selector
Open the gun
Load the gun
Close the gun
Shoot

Same scheme will work for Perazzis with selector triggers

HTH
Have a day
Dr.WtS