Making of a Doubles Trap Gun

[Bill Murphy]

John, you gotta do what you gotta do. When your gun gets sold at your estate sale, it will be described as a classic Pennsylvania trap gun, not original, but up to Pennsylvania standards. I have a more than small covey of Parker double traps, and will try to shoot them in the next few years. I even have an original DHE double trigger, vent rib trap, which you are welcome to shoot when you get up this way again. I kind of favor my AHE trap, which does not have a vent rib, unfortunately.

[John Davis]

Bill, hopefully there will be a few doubles trophies and buckles to go with it.

[6pt-Sika]

John I think you have a valid point on the double vs single trigger thing . The VHE 32” vent rib trap I had was a single trigger gun . I had a couple instances shooting box birds where I was shooting and the second barrel failed to fire , but it was caused by me not releasing the trigger enough to reset before the second shot . I never had issue with the gun shooting doubles at skeet trap or sporting or Colombaire for that matter . But shooting boxbird quail I was trying to shoot the second barrel a heck of a lot quicker and not allowing it to reset .

[John Davis]

I’ve gone 50 straight in doubles a number of times, always with double triggers. Never with a single trigger.

[John Davis]

Correction, once with a single trigger.