Originally Posted by Stanton Hillis
Originally Posted by l. Brown
If only the Turks would learn that many shotgunners aren't overly excited about guns with a trigger pull that's significantly heavier than the weight of the gun.

You've beat that horse to death every time Turkish doubleguns have been mentioned here for the last number of years. It's old news. The fact is, good triggers are where you find them. American, English and Italian guns are not totally exempt from "too hard" triggers either. I own a beautiful DHE Parker 16/20 two barrel set that came to me with 8 and 9 lb. triggers. They were atrocious. They would hold the weight of the gun without "breaking the sears". You had to "bounce" it on your trigger finger to get the trigger to break. Adjustments of the triggers by a good gunsmith resulted in pulls in the 4 lb. range. Target shooters in all disciplines have their triggers worked to suit them. I won a Super X2 target semi years ago at a state championship sporting tourney. Good gun for high volume targets, but I had to send it to Phillip's in TX for a trigger job. Now, it's a great gun for high volume targets.

Folks like you need to remind yourselves that some manufacturers are never going to deliver a new gun with nice, light trigger pulls because of perceived liability concerns, and move on past it. It is what it is. Whining won't fix it.


I wish ALL doubleguns came with a 3 1/2 lb. front trigger and a 4 lb. rear one. But, when I can buy a nice Dickinson or SKB from Turkey at the prices they offer them, and spend $100 getting the triggers to suit me personally, I see no downside, except for your predictable commentary about it.

The thing is, Stan, one reason people buy Turkish guns is because of the price. I don't tell people not to buy a Turkish made shotgun. I tell them not to buy one without testing the triggers. The good price obviously isn't as good if you have to figure in another $100 to a gunsmith to work on the triggers for you. Most guys who buy Turkish guns aren't buying them for serious target shooting. Often as a backup gun on hunting trips, rainy day gun, whatever you want to call them. Entry level sxs for a youngster. Or maybe they've never owned a 28ga and they want a new one but don't want to spend much money. I never owned a Turkish-made SKB, but I tested the trigger on several. (I'm pretty sure they're all single trigger guns) and I didn't find heavy pulls on those. But they're also more expensive than a lot of Turkish doubles.

I gave up my last regular outdoor writing job after doing that for almost 50 years. But what I often heard over the years I wrote was people thought we got new guns for free and never mentioned any issues we found. Basically our bonus from the maker for not writing anything negative about their guns.
Never worked out that way in my experience.

Last edited by L. Brown; 08/16/24 04:28 PM.