Currahee Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 Double, more reliable. OLG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kansas City Munny Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 I've been shooting a single trigger for two years at two matches a month, plus annual regional matches and Bordertown and have had zero problems with mine. KCM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perro Del Diablo Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 I prefer double trigger. We had lady shooter that kept shooting both barrels and turned out if you don’t have in shoulder tight enough a single trigger will do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singin' Sue 71615 Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 I have always had a single. I like it much better. With that said...Gateway Kid had a single that kept 'doubling' on him...(you know he had it in tight) but he is so darn fast, that the single did not do him any good. I got his and have used it for 10 years now with no issue!!! The thing about using a single trigger is, if you share a cart with your spouse, and grab their double...your stage won't go well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tequila Shooter Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 Longhunter’s will only sell double trigger Stoegers that may tell you something. The quality of single vs. double may have something to do with the age of the gun. At least with 2 triggers you can shoot both barrels at once on those pesky KDs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrel Cody Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 1 minute ago, Tequila Shooter said: Longhunter’s will only sell double trigger Stoegers that may tell you something. The quality of single vs. double may have something to do with the age of the gun. At least with 2 triggers you can shoot both barrels at once on those pesky KDs. You can do that with a single trigger too, if you hold it away from your shoulder a tad... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tequila Shooter Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 1 hour ago, Tyrel Cody said: You can do that with a single trigger too, if you hold it away from your shoulder a tad... OUCH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Cross, SASS #13848 L Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 Double... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Spade Mikey Wilson Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 Double.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Coffinmaker Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 Double Triggers. And while yer at it, skip the stoeger and go for Double Hammers as well you betcha!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frontier Lone Rider Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 6 hours ago, The Original Lumpy Gritz said: Double, more reliable. OLG +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamond Jake Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 I've never shot a single trigger double barrel. Two triggers work just fine for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailboss (Santa) Dave Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 I shoot a single trigger Fox and have for many years, love this gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Kiowa Jones #6765 Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 As a gunsmith I can tell you, if you want a single trigger SXS go with one of the high end guns like the BSS or SKB. The lower priced single trig Stoegers and the Russian Baikal's when they were available were notorious for failure to fire one barrel or worse fire both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singin' Sue 71615 Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 5 hours ago, Trailboss (Santa) Dave said: I shoot a single trigger Fox and have for many years, love this gun The Savage (?) Fox was my first non hammerd shotty. I loved it! A part wore out (looks like a duck from,a shooting gallery) Any way, two smittys have tried to get it working again...to no avail. But it will be a purdy fixture to my cabin wall!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patagonia Pete Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 Cypress Sam posted a remedy for "doubling" with (Stoeger) single trigger models a while back. https://forums.sassnet.com/index.php?/topic/289863-fix-for-single-trigger-stoeger-doubling-problem/ Everybody is different and will gravitate to what works for them ... but I just have to say ... A few years ago I picked up a single trigger Stoeger in a trade ... already slicked up nice ... 12 1/2 LOP etc ... Before getting the single I had always used a double trigger Stoeger ... and always shot it with a finger on each trigger ... I felt that was the best for me. I am only mentioning this because the single made a difference for me. It was faster and I had no idea why. I put a timer on it to see if I could figure out what was going on. The difference turned out to be my reload time (between shot 2 and 3). The best I could determine was that with the single ... my hand was much higher/forward on the gun. I had a lot more "thumb" on the release lever. I didn't "slick" this single trigger so I don't know if any work was done to address doubling but it has not misbehaved for me at all. Because of trades/etc (lack of flea market match sale exposure / COVID) .. I currently have a Stoeger w/ an 18 inch barrel and regular double triggers ... one 20 inch w/ reversed triggers and the 20 inch single trigger. All are 12ga and have sub 13 inch LOPs ... While the reversed trigger is close ... the single is measurably faster for me. If we ever start (really) shooting again (COVID/primers) ... I could see buying a higher end single trigger ... but ... I don't think I will ever go back to a double trigger again. YMMV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Creek Jack Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 Double trigger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozark Huckleberry Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 On a Stoeger — double trigger, definitely. I haven’t handled anything else in a cowboy match, but that’s what I have and I want to think it’s right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snakebite Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 I agree with Nate... I've had great success with the high end single trigger shotguns and nothing but trouble with all of the low end single trigger shotguns. I used the double trigger Stoeger shotguns for many years. Although I do not think they are the greatest I believe they generally work better than the Single trigger Stoeger. Many folks will pay well over a $1000 for their Handguns, well over a $1000 for their Rifles, but skimp on the Shotgun.... IMO, it is the Shotgun that wins or looses the match. Snakebite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 only doubles for me - reliability Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Your Nemesis Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 Double for reliability and then reverse them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sam, SASS #10915 Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 The Stoeger single trigger shotguns have a mechanical swittch-over that resets to the second barrel when you relax your finger after firing the first barrel. As the gun recoils, if it is not held firmly against the shoulder, the gun moves back faster than the hand (and trigger finger). By the time the trigger finger “catches up” with the trigger, the trigger has already reset and is pulled a second time. It all happens so quickly that the two shots seem to overlap or oven sound like one extra loud shot. Also smaller framed people have more problems with doubling than larger people. Additionally, if you squeeze the trigger like you were shooting a target rifle, the gun has more of a tendency to double. To solve the problem, hold the gun firmly back against your shoulder, and pull the trigger firmly. Another thing I’ve found that helps but does not solve the problem completely, is to replace the small coil spring in the transfer block (for lack of the proper terminology) with a stronger spring. Sorry I can’t give a better reference than that. I found mine in an assortment of miniature springs I got from Brownells many years ago. Many of the high end single trigger doubles like SKB’s and Brownings have triggers that use an inertia switch over system that retards the reset until recoil is complete. This reduces he chance of inadvertently pulling the trigger twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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