There is a reason that it is set up to fire the bottom barrel first when you have the O/U barrels on the gun. And the top barrel when the single barrel is on the gun. My Bereta Silver Pigeon has a switch on it to set the gun up that way..........When you are shooting both barrels, like at skeet, say, you shoot one shot more often than you shoot two. So, you want the bottom barrel to shoot first. Theoretically, shooting the bottom barrel more reduces wear on the gun. Because when you shoot the top barrel, there is a greater angle and force against the gun barrel than there is when you shoot the bottom barrel. So, when you shoot skeet or sporting clays, you are shooting one shot more often than you are shooting two shots or both barrels This saves wear and tear on the gun. On my Beretta 686 there is a switch on top of the receiver. If I want to shoot doubles, I have to move the switch one way in order to use both barrels. And the bottom barrel will always shoot first. If I decide to shoot trap and put one barrel back on the gun, the gun won't shoot, because it is set to shoot the bottom barrel first. So in order to shoot the top barrel alone, I have to take a small screw driver, remove the screw and switch the lever back over to use the single barrel. Manufacturers make the gun this way so that it will reduce wearing out the gun faster. If you switch them so that the top barrel fires first when the O/U barrels are on the gun, you are defeating the wear on the gun and you will knock it off face quicker.
Last edited by Jimmy W; 07/16/23 09:20 AM.
