[Old and Reliable]

Brad is not only my gunsmith of years, but a good friend and shooting partner. I only own one double with a single selective trigger, a 12 ga. M21 made in 1949. All the years I have used it I have never changed it from firing the right barrel first, then the left. I should prefer single triggers I suppose, as I grew up shooting Model 12's and still do yet today (they kill birds dead for me consistently, and nothing succeeds like success. My doubles, including a AH fox Utica mfg. 20 Sterlingworth (SN 261981) which I recently acquired, all have double triggers and were stocked for a RH shooter (which I am, and Thanks be, also dominant right eye--

I can't tell another man how to lead a mallard or a pigeon, what my eyes and reflexes tell me to do with the gun in hand may be way different for another person. But double triggers are virtually fool-proof (Murphy's Law nonwithstanding) and IMO only-a VH or even VHE with barrels shortened from 28" to 26" (WHY?) is already compromised to some extent, and to spend extra dollars to restock and re-configure the trigger(s)- as opposed to what other PGCA members have suggested as to selling/trading the Parker as is and buying another with a single trigger might be less damaging to the bank account. I have several older 12 gauge Smiths which I like, and they fit me and perform flawlessly- BUT they all have double triggers and I have turned down 4 good ejector Smith 12 bores offered to me that had Hunter One Triggers.

Brad's work and reputation speak for itself, he is a friend, so of course I will endorse him, as Brad is a PGCA member and often is a good source for Parker parts, stocks and barrels, and also for other doubles as well. He is the gunsmith who put together my "project Parker" a 12 GHE with the Christian Fischer after-market ejector systems- I had the receiver and the ejector forearm, Brad found and fitted 28" Vulcan no. 2 frame barrels and a pg PH buttstock-I am very pleased with the gun and his work and recommend Brad to anyone in the Midwest.

I can also understand the "hesitation" on certain single triggers. If I am properly informed, LC Smith and LeFever specialist Buck Hamlin of MO. will not work on a Smith Hunter One Trigger-