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Hi all, I have a question regarding DT. I have the chance at getting a nice V. Sarasqueta BLE, but the problem is some knob in the past switched triggers. The front trigger is set up to fire the left bbl first and the rear trigger the right bbl!

So...as I'm all thumbs with things mechanical, how difficult would/will it be to reverse the triggers so they fire in proper order?

I don't thnk it would be hard, but what say the experts?

Thanks as always!

Greg

I am not familiar with this gun in particular but in all the British guns I have worked on, it will only be a matter of how much reregulation was done on the trigger blades when the blades were swopped.
Blades on most well made guns dislike being placed in the wrong side. They tend to bind as they were filed up to fit on one side or t'other and interchangeability was not considered.
Then you have the issue of sear clearance: you don't want the blades holding the sear partly (or completely) out of bent!
Finally you have the set on the triggers themselves. These are set so that they are both neatly in the middle of the t'guard and one behind the other. On a right handed gun, the rear (left barrel) trigger is set over to the right so it is easily accessable to the right index finger while the front (right barrel) trigger is straight-ish or slightly to the left.
Then there is the twist in the trigger itself, set to avoid a sharp edge rubbing on your trigger finger.
All in all, nothing much to it.

Are you sure it wasn't ordered this way, e.g., for a left-handed shooter?

Sounds like a lot of trouble to me Greg. Have you measured the barrels? Is the left barrel more open than the right? If I were you, I'd forget about this one and go English. A better investment and more down your alley anyway. Just MHO.

The suggestion about checking the barrel chokes is a good one. V. Sarasqueta made some superb shotgunsand this one might just be worth futzing with.

Or, if the triggers are set properly as is, using as is.

A nicely-made V.S. swings with the best of them.

Not a hard task to just shoot the rear trigger first.

I have switched them on several guns for clients. All have been simply a matter of swapping them.

Hi all, this one is set up for a right handed shooter, the blades are turned for a right handed guy. The rear blade is even sticking out a bit from the trigger guard.

The gun is choked left Full (.036) and right Lt Mod (.016)

This one is in very good shape and the price is good. The weight on her is 6lbs 7oz and is a 12ga. To be hoonest this one is for number 2 son.

Thanks so much for all the info and suggestions!!!

You folks are the best!

Greg

Greg--Just have the L barrel opened to something like skeet or IC and you're good to go. Probably a better choice than M/F anyhow if you're gunning pheasants over good dogs.

If the triggers are still set for RH then I would suspect that nothing has been done to them. However, it is aways important to check that there is slight movement in the triggers with the gun cocked (AND UNLOADED!) and safety off. If not, there may be no clearance between the sears and t'blades and the sears may be being held partly out of full engagement with their bents.
This may have been regulated in either direction when the swop was made, by file or bending, and you must check it when the triggers are returned to their original location.
I would suggest that leaving the rear trigger sticking out from the t'guard is not sensible. Not only may it catch on clothing but triggers can snap like carrots is they meet with an immoveable force!