Shotgun triggers are not like rifle triggers. I have hunted game birds and shot clay birds with shotguns that have heavy trigger pull...maybe in the 10-12 lb. range...and been very successful. I don't know if you were taught to squeeze a shotgun's trigger like a rifle, but I was not. I was trained to slap the trigger when the shot looked right, and I don't have a problem with missing. It's not a flinch, it's not a jerk, it is a straight slap to rear.
MY BSS trigger does not switch to the second barrel until it is released. Now maybe it's just a characteristic of those BSS guns that have been set up by a gunsmith for cowboy action shooting, because my fellow competitors have found the same characteristic. During a match if I hold the trigger back until after recoil settles, the trigger resets more slowly, or sometimes not at all. That costs time when shooting on the clock. So all the folks I shoot with who use a BSS in matches "pop" the trigger quickly, allowing recoil to assist the trigger return spring in switching to the second barrel. The triggers trip at about 3-4 lbs. pull and have a very smooth crisp let-off, but there is noticeable travel.
At this point I cannot explain it better than that. And I'm not interested in arguing about it. The technique works well for me and my fellow competitors in a cowboy action match. You can shoot yours any way you want.
I was just thinkin' it'd not be good safety etiquette to bring the gun in the blind if there were others sitting in there with ya. But, yeah, you could just heel it over 90 degrees and break it, would work, at least in our blinds.
