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Stan,

This was over in Illinois, a state that hasn't hosted flyer shoots for many years. Perhaps most of the boys were new to the sport.

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Originally Posted by Destry L. Hoffard (Post 418762)

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Single triggers and beavertail forends are for guys who shot automatics till they were north of 50 and now wanna be double gun men.

I’d never shot Colombaire or box birds until about five years ago . And I’ve not seen anyone shooting anything but doubles be it SxS or O/U now bear in mind the place I shoot at the most doesn’t allow semi’s or pumps .

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Originally Posted by John Davis (Post 418776)

My objection to single triggers on double guns isn’t solely based on reliability. Although I have had my share of single trigger mechanical issues. My real objections are personal in nature. Often times my failure to fire on the second shot is a result of me not allowing the trigger to reset. And many of my second shot misses are the result of me hunting the back trigger which doesn’t exist. So these should be considered operator errors. But in a game where a single target can mean the difference between winning and losing, you got to go with what works for you. And it also doesn’t hurt that the double triggers freak everyone else out.

On another note, in a game like doubles trap, a beaver tail forearm is an absolute must.

I had a VHE 20 with a factory original single trigger and a time or two I was trying to get my finger behind it . But the two VHE skeet guns I have at present and the VHE vent rib trap I had were all factory Parker singles and never found myself looking for the back trigger . Again the only time I had issue was shooting the vent rib trap at box bird quail and that was 100% me trying to shoot the second barrel to fast and not letting the trigger reset . Being 32 yards from the boxes and the back fence only 16 yards in front of the boxes makes me wanna shoot a heck of a lot quicker than I normally would . Again pairs at SC never caused this or doubles at skeet/trap or Colombaire birds , but again I never shoot that quick at those games .

I remember, a few years ago, at the shoot that Craig mentions, a top dog flyer shooter showed up, uncased his automatic and was told he couldn't shoot it. He was offered anyone's proper break open gun, refused the offer, and was promptly refunded his money. I had known this fellow for years, but he left so fast I couldn't even say "Hi".

Just yesterday I finished 300 shots over a few recent outings with a new to me VHE VR Double Trap gun with Parker Single Trigger that I got from a member friend last summer. I’d test fired only a few shots to check trigger and ejector reliability when we made that deal. Into the safe afterwards and then 4 weeks ago she moved up front as sporting clays started up hereabouts after the winter. I've shot everything from 7/8 ounce 1150 speed loads to 1-1/8 ounce factory Nitro 27's, and while switching barrels at just about every station. I wanted to thoroughly test the trigger before doing serious competitions this year. Net, I had zero double-fires or FTF the second barrel over those 300 shots. Its single trigger has crisp pulls, is fully reliable and a joy to have on quick simos with short shooting windows. No different than with my competition stack barrels.