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That is a strange assumption. What is the basis for that?

Don,
I like dual triggers, because except for tiny number of exceptions, when you pull the front trigger you get the opened choked barrel, the rear trigger gives you the fuller choked barrel. You can take any double trigger gun you have out hunting and, during the heat of the moment, you don't have to give a thought about which barrel to select. Now if both barrels were choked the same it wouldn't matter now, would it.
Steve
PS lets not hi-jack this thread anymore than we already have.

I was into this double gun thing for quite a while before I finally felt I needed an over under for NSSA skeet. I had been shooting Winchester pumps, but wanted to keep up with my competition. Now I have a baggo over unders, some of them with double triggers. There is nothing nicer, at the price point, than a Beretta S3 with double triggers and solid rib, or a prewar Superposed, equipped the same way. Finding such treasures is a bit of a search, but well worth it.

There was a previous thread regarding pointing quality of shotguns. We called this 'pointability'.....a word which does not exist in Webster's dictionary. I am going to, in humble fashion, try and reiterate some of that. I think the conclusion was that over and unders seem more effective in wide open backgrounds such as dove shooting and in those clay target disciplines where the shooter has some idea as to where the target is coming from and where it is going, such as skeet or trap.I like to call this 'precision' shooting. Now, as first pointed out by the great English guru and writer/engineer, G.T. Garwood (Gough Thomas), in a woods or poor background and where the shooter has no idea of where the target is coming from or going, such as Ruffed Grouse shooting, a side by side has superior pointing quality. I for one, believe this to be the case having much experience in all venues of shotgun shooting precision and 'spray and pray' (Tom Huggler has used this term).
. I personally like and use both sorts of shotguns. I really prefer those of sidelock origin because they 'are closer between the hands' and just have a superior feel and quality about them. Regards, Buzz

I don't like the idea of sighting with one barrel under the other. I want them side by side. An O/U barrel would fit the barrel slots in my gun cabinet but you won't find an O/U there.

My first shotgun was an Elsie. I hunted with her from the time I was 15 until I could afford a stack barrel gun, sometime in my twenties.

Two things about that little Browning that sent me back to SxSs was the lack of the second trigger AND the discomfort of carrying her from cover patch to cover patch.

Stack barrels do not ride in the crook of my arm or across the top of my shoulder as comfortably as a SxS.

As I grew older and could afford more guns, the slab side of an O/U action became quite homely to my eye.

To this day those are still the reasons that the only O/V in my safes is that Browning.

I like pumps, SxS, O/Us and autos and have more of each than I need--just ask my wife. I picked up this 20 gauge DU Banquet gun NIB at a reasonable price from the raffle winner and cured the single trigger flaw with double triggers by Cole Gunsmithing. The gun comes with screw in chokes, weighs 6 lbs with 28" bbls. and is a fun,versatile gun to shoot. All of my guns shoot better than I can. As far as heritage or history, the company has been making firearms for 500 years.

Hi GLS:

That is a nice looking Beretta!

Now to call Coles to see if they can add a double trigger to my S.P.! LOL

Franchi

If you decide to have Coles install DT's take the option to keep your ST assembly. You can get a nice amount of cash for it on eBay
to offset your outlay for the DT's.

Hey Jack, these fun turns of phrase sent me to the dictionary -- good exercise for my old, leaky brain.

Jay