Doug Hamilton
AH elite
- Joined
- Mar 1, 2020
- Messages
- 1,300
- Reaction score
- 3,368
- Location
- Washington State
- Member of
- Mule Deer Foundation, RMEF, SCI
- Hunted
- Zimbabwe, US, Canada
A double gun is designed to be fired right barrel (front trigger) and then left barrel (rear trigger). The triggers are designed to allow a natural flow front to rear. SxS shotguns are designed exactly the same way. A quality version of each will have the rear trigger a half pound or so heavier pull than the front. Apparently, some people have issues accidentally tripping the rear trigger while in recoil from the front trigger. They advocate firing rear first. But that is not how a double is designed to operate. Personally, I have never had that issue with any shotgun up through heavy pigeon or wildfowl loads, or any rifle up through .470 which is the heaviest recoiling that I own.
Absolutely! While I have never owned a DR, I have owned and shot many double shotguns. The front trigger (right barrel) is always the more open choke for rising birds on the flush, and the tighter choke on the left. I've shot these guns for so long that I think I would have a very hard time training myself to pull the rear trigger first.A double gun is designed to be fired right barrel (front trigger) and then left barrel (rear trigger). The triggers are designed to allow a natural flow front to rear. SxS shotguns are designed exactly the same way. A quality version of each will have the rear trigger a half pound or so heavier pull than the front. Apparently, some people have issues accidentally tripping the rear trigger while in recoil from the front trigger. They advocate firing rear first. But that is not how a double is designed to operate. Personally, I have never had that issue with any shotgun up through heavy pigeon or wildfowl loads, or any rifle up through .470 which is the heaviest recoiling that I own.