Coach gun for HD. Single or Double Trigger?

[Lovesbeer99]

What are the advantages of the single or double trigger in a coach gun? I'm guessing that the single is easier to use but the double is more reliable.

Looking at the new stoeger coach gun with the single trigger.

 

[MCgunner]

I'm so used to double triggers for hunting, no matter to me. I prefer double triggers in the field and I just rechoke the gun when I get home for beside duty. And, yes, simpler/more reliable.

 

[BigGuy52]

My Nephew has the Stoeger coach gun and it kicks like a mule.

I have a Browning BSS that has a single trigger which I prefer.

It's really just a matter of what's easier for you. I find the single trigger more natural for my finger and I don't jerk the gun as much as with double triggers.

It is fun though shooting clays with a coach gun, you need to be quick to hit them.

 

[MCgunner]

It is fun though shooting clays with a coach gun, you need to be quick to hit them.

The coach gun is a very quick pointing gun, why I like mine for doves and if I ever did quail, it'd be great. It's a 20 gauge and recoil is not a problem. And, it'll reach out there 40+ yards with the full choke. I usually choke it IC/Mod, seems neigh on perfect. 25 yards, bird is DRT with the IC and the mod will reach 35-40 yards on a dove.

 

[Jim Watson]

I would not want to depend on a cheap single trigger for self defense, too many little fink parts in there to go wrong.
Keep the machinery simple and learn to shoot the double triggers.

 

[ArmedBear]

A high-end mechanical-select single trigger would be the best.

Good luck finding that on a coach gun.

 

[earlthegoat2]

A high-end mechanical-select single trigger would be the best.

I do agree that a high end single trigger is better than a crap single trigger. I believe that double triggers would give you the more reliable option since they are simpler in design and function. More complicated for practical purposes though. Double triggers take a learning curve to adjust to but it is nothing that a round of skeet wont fix. The double triggers are also more traditional for the coach gun.

I do concede though that in the purest form a coach gun will not be used in a way that would require the quick choke selection that double triggers provide so it would not matter which barrel is fired first hence the relative practical simplicity of the single trigger. If a single trigger is used it would preferably be a non selective single trigger.

 

[ArmedBear]

Double triggers are mechanically reliable.

However, they offer more cramped trigger guard, more to think about when operating the gun, and a variable trigger reach that might be comfortable for one trigger but not the other.

OTOH they do prevent wasting both rounds. You have to pause before firing a second shot.

 

[Lovesbeer99]

Thanks for all the replies. I'm looking at the new stoeger with the single trigger. It is not selective so it shoulde be simple, but you must hope that the first round fires to set up the second round.

I'm just more afriad that in a panic, I'd fumble with the double triggers and that's not good either.

Lot's of people have a lot of good things to say about the Stoeger, but i can always get a 26" barrel gun of better quality and cut the barrels down. Same concecpt.

I also don't care which barrels fires first so no problem there.

 

[dagger dog]

The idea behind the double triggers or single selective trigger, is choke selection as many SXS's were made before choke tubes were popular. This way you could select which choke to fire first. With upland game it is usually the lesser first as the quarry is being flushed in this type hunting. Waterfowling with incoming birds just the reverse.

 

[Elbert P . Suggins]

I have a Norinco SxS with external hammers and use it in SASS shooting competition. If I was to choose this for HD it would be formidable. Put a ammo sleeve on the stock holding six shells and you have something. My triggers have been worked on, along with polishing the breeches. Nobody that has had one of these has went very long without torching off both barrels at once. It is a unique experience only known by but a few! You have to have external hammers, anything else in wimpy!

 

[Speedo66]

A double trigger set up is two completely separate trigger mechanisms, one for each barrel. One doesn't work, the other should.

Single triggers are more complicated in that the same trigger mechanism is used for both barrels. Many require the first barrel to go off and the recoil sets the trigger again. If it doesn't, you're carrying a stick, not a shootable gun.

For HD, I'd prefer two triggers, less complicated = more reliable.

 

[lions]

Many require the first barrel to go off and the recoil sets the trigger again. If it doesn't, you're carrying a stick, not a shootable gun.

Does the Stoeger coach gun work this way? If it does, is that a common failure?

This gun is on my long list so I'm interested to learn more.