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06-01-2023, 06:34 PM | #3 | ||||||
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Whatever it turns out to be, if by disassembling and cleaning the action, it continues to double, it needs to go to a gunsmith experienced in classic sxs’s.
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06-01-2023, 07:22 PM | #4 | ||||||
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Ill admit that I have occasionally experienced this and it was the operator. Gloves, heavy loads, poor gun mount or whatever and your finger can just brush back. Bamm.
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06-01-2023, 08:03 PM | #5 | ||||||
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I have had an experience with a loose gun mount on a K-80. The butt bonces off my shoulder effectively causing a second pull. Both barrels go off almost simultaneously. Technically that is not doubling. Billy
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06-02-2023, 06:42 AM | #6 | ||||||
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Very doubtful that his Trojan has a single trigger. Involuntary (secondary) pull doesn't happen with double triggers. If it does though, there's a chance that could be causing it. With double triggers, it's dirty, or has a mechanical issue, almost certainly, as per Brian.
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06-06-2023, 10:15 AM | #7 | ||||||
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I disassembled and cleaned the gun thoroughly. Did not see any mechanical damage. When I reassembled it and test fired it, I could not get it to double with RST shells. I am not sure what ammunition the owner was using in it. He could have easily used 2 3/4 inch shells. This gun has short chambers and should use 2 1/2 inchers. I will let him know that.
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06-06-2023, 11:37 AM | #8 | ||||||
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I doubt that gun was chambered for 2 1/2" 12g shells. Probably for 2 5/8". If so there should be no issue shooting 2 3/4" target loads through that gun. Someone may have tinkered with the sears to lighten up the trigger pull? If so that could lead to an unsafe situation.
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06-06-2023, 11:56 AM | #9 | ||||||
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I have a Sterlingworth pin-gun that worked fine if I fired it right/left but would occasionally double when shooting the left barrel first. When the late Bill Harvey disassembled it there was a small splinter stuck on the right sear in old, congealed oil that kept the sear from fully engaging the notch. Gave the right barrel a nice light trigger pull. The stock also had an internal crack so I had him restock it with a piece of Claro I'd been hauling around with me for a couple of decades.
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06-06-2023, 02:29 PM | #10 | ||||||
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These photos show my 12 gauge chamber gauge. The bottom line is at 2 9/16 exactly. The next photo shows the gauge inserted into the chamber. It is indeed 2 9/16. The RST shells are about 2 1/2 inches exactly. They are fine for these guns. I really don't like to see 2 3/4 inch shells used in them.
Chamber Gauge by jakefromclemson, on Flickr Chamber on Trojan by jakefromclemson, on Flickr |
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