Single Trigger Question

[Dean Romig]

Like both Craig and Mike have said, it’s a matter of personal preference. Some like them and some don’t. Some might pay a premium while others wouldn’t even buy such a gun.

I own only one Parker with a single trigger but would be just as happy if it had double triggers because I have no problem shooting a double trigger gun. Some people have trouble with double triggers.



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[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Like both Craig and Mike have said, it’s a matter of personal preference. Some like them and some don’t. Some might pay a premium while others wouldn’t even buy such a gun.

I own only one Parker with a single trigger but would be just as happy if it had double triggers because I have no problem shooting a double trigger gun. Some people have trouble with double triggers.



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My single trigger is a little VHE 20 with open chokes . The rest of my SxS’s are all double trigger . In the past I could go shoot dove sporting or whatever carry a SxS with double triggers and a Superposed with a single trigger and never miss a beat switching back and forth . Since getting the little VHE single trigger I find myself sometimes trying to get my finger behind the trigger looking for a nonexistent second trigger . Now with all that being said I’m kinda in the market for a factory original VHE , GHE or DHE 12 with 32” barrels choked tight , vent rib and wide forend . But I’d be just as happy if I got the same basic configuration but with double triggers .

[Ken Hill]

Single triggers are nice until they don't work. On a SxS, you need two triggers unless the barrels are choked the same. It took the industry a while to get STs perfected.

Ken

[Dean Romig]

The internal mechanisms for all Parker hammerless guns being the same within a given year or specific era, I wonder why it wasn’t available as an option for the grades 2, 1, 0 and the Trojan.





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[Foster Myers III]

Thank you to everyone for your valuable insight. I wonder if it was sent back to the factory later on as the serial # is linked to 1903.

[Jreed]

My Parker SST just recently started doubling on me in the middle of a tournament. I'm seriously considering having it switched over to double triggers for reliability.

[Mike of the Mountain]

I have two Parkers with a single selective trigger and both work exceptionally well. First one is my two barrel set 20g Trojan (straight stock, checkered butt) and the second is my VHE Live Bird gun. Both have the same location for the selector which is a lever in front of the single trigger. You move it left to select the left barrel first or right to select the right barrel first. The Trojan has a toggle type mechanism and the VHE has a lever. I had two professional double gunsmiths look at them and both said they are of the Miller style. Neither have "Miller" stamped on the trigger though and both letter as single trigger guns.
First two pics are the Trojan toggle, second two are the VHE lever.

[Dean Romig]

The Trojan letters as a single trigger gun?





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[Mike of the Mountain]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

The Trojan letters as a single trigger gun?





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Yes. The order book info was vague but I did get info from G&H records. The gun was ordered by a lawyer from NJ.

[B. Dudley]

Originally Posted by Mike Koneski

Yes. The order book info was vague but I did get info from G&H records. The gun was ordered by a lawyer from NJ.

I was not aware of that gun having documentation of the trigger being factory installed. It is a miller. And it is the cleanest miller trigger install internally that I had ever seen. Which meant it was not done by the miller brothers. I always figured it may have been by Lefever.