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I recently acquired a nice early Syracuse 12gauge in very nice original condition. My choke gauge tells me the right barrel is almost full, and the left is IC. It's the only SxS I've run accross where the right barrel is tighter than the left. Rather unusual?
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don't know it for a fact but i've heard that some guns for driven game were choked that way for incoming birds. didn't sound totally plausible to me as it's not exactly difficult to fire the back trigger first and then the forward but the logic may have made sense to some people at times.
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It is a little unusual, but certainly known to have been done. Your gun may well have come with Full/Full and have been reamed by some owner later on. I'd vote for use on decoying ducks over driven birds in this gun's case.
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Some people have enough trouble with double triggers, and for someone to shoot the rear trigger and then go to the front is in my opinion...hard to do. I believe it was for as Rocketman described.
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hi
U might have a lefthanded gun
Tom
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Most likely the gun was originally ordered by a southpaw shooter. Obviously not every left-handed shooter had his gun custom made; but ometimes one can see a tale-tale bend in the triggers, as left-handed shooters have been known to order triggers made with curvature to the left side. None-the-less, an interesting gun. What is the serial number and grade?
Last edited by topgun; 01/16/09 12:13 PM.
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I am a southpaw and that is exactly how I would want my gun, only if it is a left handed gun the triggers must also be reversed --That is the front trigger will be in the left slot and fire the left barrel and the rear trigger will be right slot and fire the right barrel.
David
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JDW - granted that some people don't seem to have whatever learning mechanism works for two triggers. However, I never think of which trigger I'll pull. I simply decide on the best order, open - tight or tight - open, and the trigger selection happens on autopilot. I am no more able to explain how that happens for me than why it does not happen for everyone. But, for some/many it does happen that way. Single triggers were invented for those for whom it does not happen.
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The triggers seem to be normal, meaning just like other SxS's, right trigger in right slot, left in left. No curvature either way. Near as I can tell, it's an O grade, 30" barrels 2 1/2" chambers. SN is 403X.
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I would say someone opened the choke up on the left barrel...for what ever reason.
The triggers were staggered to prevent accidental recoil firing...which can happen with a lefty shooting a right hand double triggered SxS.
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