Trigger Mike Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 I see double barrel shotguns for sale and sometimes they say the triggers were reversed. I'm curious , what is the advantage to reversing the trigger? most of the time we shoot both barrels anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace_of_Hearts Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Some believe it to be faster to just slide off the front trigger and have the finger land on the rear trigger rather than having to move your finger in and out to get to the rear trigger. Unless you are double tapping a shotgun target, I don't see a big advantage for the work required. You will find that the gun now becomes less safe in the field, if used for that purpose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al OVERA, SASS#26238 Life Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 I have found this action to be an exercise in futility, as well as unnecessary. For my usage, (I shoot a Stoeger) I just narrow the front trigger on the outside (I am right handed) This allows me to "just slide off" the front trigger and land exactly on the rear. Been this way for years and have had NO problems with it. MHO on the subject. Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Mark Flint #31954 LIFE Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 It's like hot rodding your car. Not everything you do makes it go faster-it's just that the cool factor goes up with certain mods. More trouble than it is worth for most people, but if it is a mod you like, then it becomes an important one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 I considered doing this but then realized that the time it takes to reload because your finger slipped off and you accidentally fired the 2nd barrel takes a lot more time than adjusting your finger position, like usual, to fire the second barrel. Also there is the safety aspect, or the reduction of it, as Ace mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Coffinmaker Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Less safe in the field?? How so?? Unless of course, your already pointing it at your buddy (Cheney??) and shoot im twice'd (OOPS). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tennessee Stud Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 2 hours ago, Trigger Mike said: why reverse shotgun triggers? I was always afraid of this modification... didn't want to fire the shotgun with the muzzles snugged into my shoulder... ts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 1 hour ago, Colorado Coffinmaker said: Less safe in the field?? How so?? Unless of course, your already pointing it at your buddy (Cheney??) and shoot im twice'd (OOPS). TS, when I first started shooting CAS I thought it would be a good idea to use 2 fingers, one on each trigger to be quicker. I hadn't started using light target loads yet so I was using the full hunting loads, just because. I only did that on 2 stages. One was a success. The other was not and it hurt so bad I took misses for the rest of the day on shotgun targets. I had the hard plastic butt stock end plate and I had it seated wrong when both barrels went off at the same time. Yeehaw! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noz Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Mr. Flint has it right. I reversed mine and am firmly convinced that it is more trouble than its worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Dan Dawkins Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Sometimes we convince ourselves spending money will make things better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Mark Flint #31954 LIFE Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Sometime we like spending money instead of spending time practicing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantankerous Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 My TTN came with reversed triggers from the previous owner. I love it. Not necessarily faster for me but easier, more fluid, to settle on the rear trigger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badlands Bob #61228 Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 I reversed the triggers on my Stoeger. I don't think it makes any difference. It was an afternoon project that made me think I was faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 I reversed mine on my Stoeger when I did all the other things Larsen E. Pettifogger suggested in an article back when. It didn't take very long to do the trigger reversal, but I don't know if it was any advantage as I never competed with it the other way. Not so sure I see any "safety" issue however. No different than a lefty using one stock. Seems to make sense to not have to pull your finger out and put it back in. JMHO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warden Callaway Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 My most recent Stevens is a Riverside 215. Strange action unlike other Stevens of the era. It has the triggers inline. One of the guys at the range had a Cimarron 1878 he had reversed the triggers. I found it very quearsome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 I guess the "safety" issue, for me, would be my own safety. Not accidentally firing the second barrel when not intending to...it also means an unnecessary reload on the clock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smuteye John SASS#24774 Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 Shot with a guy for a while that had swapped the triggers on his shotgun. The club we shot at used vomit targets on the shotgun portion of the stages a LOT. He was shooting an old Winchester with fixed chokes (Full and Modified if I remember correctly) and didn't want to mess with cutting the barrels or modifying it to take choke tubes. By swapping the triggers, he was firing the tighter choked barrel at the stationary target and the wider pattern at the clay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace_of_Hearts Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 40 minutes ago, Smuteye John SASS#24774 said: Shot with a guy for a while that had swapped the triggers on his shotgun. The club we shot at used vomit targets on the shotgun portion of the stages a LOT. He was shooting an old Winchester with fixed chokes (Full and Modified if I remember correctly) and didn't want to mess with cutting the barrels or modifying it to take choke tubes. By swapping the triggers, he was firing the tighter choked barrel at the stationary target and the wider pattern at the clay. The process is used in the field constantly on incoming game. The rear trigger is depressed first in order to take advantage of the chokes available. On a single trigger gun. the barrel selector button/switch does the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Wheeler Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 I shoot left handed anyway, so there really is no point in switching the triggers! ...now the break barrel lever is a whole different matter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 I gotta ask the dumb guy question... What is meant by "reversing the trigger"? Is the trigger physically turned backwards so you fire the gun by pushing forward? Does it change which barrel is connected to which trigger on a SxS? What's the purported advantage? Inquiring minds want to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W. D. Pickett Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 15 hours ago, J. Mark Flint #31954 LIFE said: Sometime we like spending money instead of spending time practicing. Wise man. Nothing like practice. And more practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W. D. Pickett Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 Howdy Smuteye John, Been alive a few years now but I ain't heard of vomit targets. Is that something that smells so bad when you shoot it you throw up? If so, I guess I'll just take misses, me! W.D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 W. D., unless I'm mistook, a vomit target is a knockdown that lands on a springboard, which tosses a clay bird up in the air. It THROWS UP the skeet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 Charlie, a normal configuration has the forward trigger on the right side of the trigger guard, the rear on the left. Reversing them would put the front trigger on the left, rear on the right. This allows a right handed shooter to fire the front trigger then just SLIDE off and you're on the rear trigger. Instead of having to put up with the aggravation and LOST TIME involved in taking your finger out of the guard, moving it backwards a scoche, and reinserting it to reach the rear trigger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smuteye John SASS#24774 Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 1 hour ago, W. D. Pickett said: Howdy Smuteye John, Been alive a few years now but I ain't heard of vomit targets. Is that something that smells so bad when you shoot it you throw up? If so, I guess I'll just take misses, me! W.D. They don't smell too bad but most of them are heavy as crap to move around. If you ever run into one, put the 1st shot high, center- that should give you a bit more height on the clay than just a center hit. The trick, for me at least, is to see the clay start to rise. If I can see it come off the thrower, I'll hit it. If I don't, by the time I find it, it's hitting the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springfield Slim SASS #24733 Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 Unless you have an extremely heavy trigger, just the end of the pad of your finger should set it off, then just slide it back to fire the rear trigger. I do it all the time, no need to reverse the triggers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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