[Chaz Doebler]

Just took it out and shot it and it doubles too. Gotta love 100+ year old shotguns. It is a restock, so I figure the trigger plate isn't clearanced from the sears enough. I will check that out while it is apart.

Update. I have it apart except for the sears, maybe with any luck I can leave them in. I pulled the trigger plate, moved the safety a few times, and put the plate back in, and now the safety seems to hold (without the screws). Is it possible the gun was assembled with the safety in the incorrect position and this caused all the problems? The safety did move forward and backwards, and held the rear trigger just not the front trigger so it seems unlikely. It is just such a simple system it is mind boggling that anything could go wrong.

I think maybe I have the doubling issue figured out. I had the same problem with an Uggie boxlock. With the gun apart and the sears back in you can check the relationship of the trigger plate and sears. When I have the gun back together there is still some room to pull the front trigger away from the sear, spring tension is the only thing keeping the trigger against the sear. On the rear trigger there is no clearance, the trigger is against the sear. You can see just by looking that the rear trigger "blade" is higher than the front trigger. While this explains why the left barrel would double when firing the right, it doesn't tell me what is wrong in the first place. It could be the trigger plate was inletted too deeply when it was restocked? Possibly that is giving me the trouble with the safety also? I fixed the Uggie by filing the trigger, but until I find out if the safety issue is related I don't want to do that.

Thanks,
CHAZ