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Didn't Beretta make a gun about 30-40 years ago that had a trigger that was hinged in the middle? Pulling on the top fired one barrel, or pulling on the bottom pulled the other?
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I recently bought an inexpensive Spanish OU from the 60's (Laurona) with twin single triggers. Worked fine, either as double triggers or two separate single triggers. I have one of these as well, they work fine, and I too think it is the best of both worlds. Don't knock those old Laurona's. My family has purchased 5 or 6 of them, and never had a hiccup. The 26" O/U that my dad gave me when I was 12 is still the gun I shoot the best. CHAZ
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FWIW, Browning didn't discontinue the conventional double trigger in the '30s. I've got a 1968 Fabrique Nationale Superlight with standard double triggers. Perhaps it was more of a European market thing.
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From 30 years before the introduction of the John M. Browning Superposed -- 
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Such a long, long time to be gone, and a short time to be there.
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Wha, wha, wha? waaaaah! Thanks for the egg facial, Trace. Quite right, pull the front trigger twice and get unda and then ovah; pull the rear twice and get ovah then unda. Lucky for me you know how to translate from the original Altzheimer. Otherwise I'd appear to be a certifiable, drooling moron rather than the timelessly hip, agelessly cool, impeccably articulate dude that I certainly must be, doan ya think? I actually do own one of those Supers with too many levers and not enuf switches and I can't remember it having a left or right barrel unless I'm canting it a lot worse than I thought. Perhaps I should check; it's in a sock in a safe or a case behind a sofa or somewhere. What's it look like?
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FN made the superposed, not Browning. FN sold double trigger guns post war. I believe none were marked for sale by Browning. Browning took more than 50% of the pre war guns and sold them in North America. FN sold to the rest of the world.
Early Brownings could be ordered to fire the top barrel first with selective triggers, and to fire the top barrel with the front double or twin single trigger. They are fairly common. I do not understand why, but apparently there was some customer demand for what today seems to be an unconventional firing order.
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You could say that almost every JMB design except for a handful of single-shot rifles were not "made" by Browning. We are all provincials in one way or the other and the distinction between guns contracted for abroad but sold here vs. their licensed variants for the contractor's home market leads to the wonderful argument seen here a few yrs ago that a Browning Super is "not genuine B-25". Go figure?
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Didn't Beretta make a gun about 30-40 years ago that had a trigger that was hinged in the middle? Pulling on the top fired one barrel, or pulling on the bottom pulled the other? Yes they did. It was referred to as a "speed trigger" I believe, and was used in the BL series of OU's that date from the 60's. Specifically the BL-2.
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BL-2S is the model configuration, the 'S' standing for 'Speed Trigger'. They are quite light, being stocked in Baltic birch or something similar rather than walnut and have minimal bbl. ribs. The speed trigger is easy and natural to use in the field with adequate room for a heavily gloved finger in the trigger guard. They did not catch on with the shooting public here and were not popular in this part of the country. They have the same simple extractor as the regular BL2.
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