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Could it be that the safety in relation to the back of the tigger bow is further forward on the bottom gun?
So that you instinctively slide your hand further forward to activate the safety, which then places your middle finger much closer behind the trigger bow ?

You must be a very rare breed, Stan. Most people I know who have shot extensively, have been bitten by a trigger guard at one time or another, including myself. Odd that you haven�t. Have you shot a lot of different types of guns? Just wondering.....

I've got 28 using shotguns right now, that I can tick off by memory without looking at them, and have owned many more in my lifetime. Of those, 14 are double trigger S x Ss. Several are big duck guns that I use heavy loads in .......... up through 1 3/8 ounce. None of them recoil into my finger, on the first shot or the second ( I often pull the rear trigger first shooting doves or ducks).

I've shot a lots of double trigger doubles belonging to others, too. People often bring me their S x S, at the club, to shoot, because they know I enjoy them and want me to shoot theirs. The only gun I ever owned that hurt me in any way due to recoil is a 16 ga. high stocked Belgian boxlock that I have a tendency to crowd too hard with my cheek, and it recoils into it badly. I just keep it around to practice new gunsmithing skills on.

As I said earlier, and have many other times, I don't know why they never kick into my second finger, but they don't, even with my smallish hands. What I do know is that the sales of the little rubber bumpers have baffled me all my life, and I still believe if someone would grip the gun in such a way as to put the same amount of distance between their second finger and the guard as the bumper would occupy, it would not hurt them.

I may be rare, buzz, but there's nothing special about me. Oddity might be a better term.

SRH

I think hand strength has a lot to do with it. Stan's a farmer so he turns bolts a lot.

I'm (wuz, anyway) a lawyer so my hands aren't as strong. Some of my guns bight my middle finger, but I can consciously change my grip so they won't. Much cheaper to adjust yourself than to change a tool...Geo

AND THE WINNER IS: Those who picked the Sauer on the bottom. It bites the middle finger. The longer trigger bow and its sloping shape as it transitions to the tang really pop the finger. Since I have small to medium sized hands the thumbhole (comb) is not restrictive. The spacing between the triggers is unusually far apart, placing my middle finger against the bow in order to reach the front trigger.

PS: The term "thumbhole" in America generally has a different meaning than in England. I think using the term "comb" here would be less confusing, i.e. "The comb is set too far forward",etc.

And the answer is............

I'm with Stan. I bought my first SxS approx 64 years ago, have not been without 1 or more since. All except 1 were double triggered. I cannot recall having "Ever" had my middle finger Bit by a trigger guard. I have shot some rather mild as well as some "Quite Stiff" recoiling guns during these years with straight, semi & full pistol grips. Most have had splinter forearms, only a couple of Semi-Beavertails which I no longer have. Yes, that somewhat describes my preferences.

Well, I like that one better anyway. Send it here for punishment. I'll gladly take it off your hands (or finger as the case may be.

Aha, and now we have two rare breeds on this forum!

Make that three of us. I had a super magnum paradox gun that the recoil on was ferocious, 750 gr bullet at 1450 fps. Never hit my finger with it or the other 20 or so SxS shotguns I have owned over the years. It may be hand strength. I have very large hands and use them in my work regularly.