Are selectable triggers necessary for an O/U?

[Kestrel]

For a field gun, do you need selectable triggers for an O/U?

The reason I'm asking is, if I wanted to use an O/U for duck hunting and didn't want to take a nice Beretta O/U into wet conditions, I'd think about one of the Stoeger Condor O/Us. I don't think they have selctable triggers, until you get to the Supreme Deluxe model and didn't want to spend the additional money on that one. (In that price range, I would feel I was putting too much into a cheap gun.)

By the way, I have a Stoeger SxS Uplander. What would be the benefit to using an O/U for hunting?

Thanks for any help,
Steve

 

[45auto]

As long as you remember to move your finger to the other trigger, if you are used to a single trigger, then it doesn't make a difference IMO.

Benefits of single sighting plans, O/U, pump, auto are a personal choice I think. Side by sides work fine for many people. I like they way they look, but don't really care for the wide shooting plane, so to speak. But , I know people that love them and shoot quite well with them.

My only consideration or thought on Stoeger would be to make sure it fits well enough for heavy duck loads. Could be a painful experience if it's light, whippy and poorly stocked...big time.

But, I haven't shot one of them.

 

[Dave McCracken]

On a pure waterfowler or upland gun, I'd want two triggers for fast and certain selection of choke and load. Yes, I know I'm anachronistic, but I like it that way.

Pop was a master at taking a goose or duck from the back of the flock first by using the rear trigger, then using the front trigger for one of the closer and easier birds for the second shot.

While he may have lost a little time deciding, the results didn't show it.

On a single, selective trigger, I'd set it this way for waterfowling, and bass ackwards for upland stuff where birds flush and go away.

With a non selective trigger and choke tubes, the answer's obvious.

HTH...

 

[PJR]

Absolutely not. I specified non-selectable for my Perazzi MX8 because their selectable triggers double if you don't put the gun on safe before changing the barrel order. In all the clay shooting that I've done with this gun I have never once wished for a selectable option.

Hunting upland I like double triggers and have found that transitioning between an o/u with a single trigger and a sxs with double triggers and an auto safety is no worse than switching from an automatic to standard transmission. Where I get crossed up however is an o/u with an auto safety if I'm shooting clays from a premounted position.

I rarely use the selectable option on single trigger guns when it's available and don't miss it on guns that don't have it. My idea of selectability is going to the second trigger for a distant shot.

Paul

 

[Kestrel]

I may not have described the Stoeger clearly. Unfortunately, the non-selectable trigger models on the Condor are not double triggers. They evidently just don't allow any barrel selection. It's just a single trigger. I don't know what barrel would fire first. Strange.

I feel a little sheepish for considering a Stoeger O/U for hunting, but am just leary of carrying a nice Beretta into the water (or dropping it into the water).

Maybe I'll just stick with a pump or auto for ducks...

Thanks,
Steve

 

[PJR]

It's just a single trigger. I don't know what barrel would fire first. Strange.

I understand that you were discussing a single trigger, non-selectable gun and some of us might have confused the issue with references to double triggers.

If it's an o/u, the bottom barrel should fire first. I've seen certain target o/us that fire the top barrel first but they are they exception.

There are shooters who say they can switch the barrel selector in mid flush to choose another choke option. I am certain it's possible but I can't do it and don't know anyone who can. I remain convinced that with a single trigger gun, in the field or shooting clays, barrel selection doesn't matter and therefore a non-selectable gun is not a hindrance.

Paul

 

[Mike Irwin]

No, I don't think selectable triggers are all that big a deal myself.

And I greatly prefer double triggers on my shotguns.

 

[blades67]

That Beretta was designed and built to be taken into the field. If you drop it in the water, fish it out, drop and give it ten and then clean it well when you get home.