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< 16ga. General Discussion ~ the rear trigger |
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Sat Oct 18, 2014 6:20 pm
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Another WI opener and within the first 3 minutes Gus my 7 year old Drahthaar had a rooster pinned and my partner took an easy 18 yard bird in rhythm. It was clear that this property was going to be a quick hunt, so I suggested we pull out and go to another larger piece because I wanted to give the dogs more work and didn't want to be done hunting in 7 1/2 minutes!
This other piece gets hunted pretty hard and i find there are usually a few birds that get pushed up into the grassy hills and plum thickets. We made a pass through the lowlands and Gus found a dead rooster that someone left floating in a pond. I accepted it from him and left it for a scavenger. I assume it was shot earlier, but it was pretty stiff and didn't look the greatest.
So up the hills we went and soon I saw Gus way above me getting the wiggle-butt going and after a quick point a rooster was soon getting outa dodge and when it cleared the wall of thickets it was a good 45 yards and plummeting down the valley giving a long crossing shot. I'm thinking, "crap!" and went back to the rear trigger, saw a couple feet of daylight, and sent a load of 5's on its way and down it went! Nice way to start the season.
It was getting dark when I got home, so I took the tailgate shot and pulled an older picture of the boys as they never sit pretty for photos anyway. Old Jazz is now 12 and stays pretty close to me. Seems just glad to be along!
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Sat Oct 18, 2014 7:24 pm
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Sat Oct 18, 2014 8:27 pm
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Location: S.E. Wisconsin
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Good deal Dave,
Nice to have the two trigger choice eh?? |
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Sun Oct 19, 2014 2:40 am
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Joined: 25 Aug 2014
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Location: Finger Lakes
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What's the gun and load you were using? |
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Sun Oct 19, 2014 4:26 am
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Woody402 wrote: |
What's the gun and load you were using?
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Custom Beretta 686 12 ga. The rear trigger fires the tighter top barrel.
Bottom barrel was:
1 1/4 oz. Nickel 6 shot (Precision Reloading)
Fed Gold Medal Hull
Fed 209A
Fed S4 wad
24 gr. Unique
1270 fps
Top barrel:
1 1/4 oz. hardened 5's @ 1200 fps (RST "Pheasant" load)
Today I'll take out one of my 16 ga. SxS's with B&P 6's in the skeet-choked barrel and B&P 5's in the tight barrel. |
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Sun Oct 19, 2014 5:17 am
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Location: United States
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You write well. I could easily "see" you and the dogs as you described what happened.
I hope the season goes well for you.
Sam Ogle |
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Sun Oct 19, 2014 7:32 am
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Location: Wisconsin
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Thanks, for the interesting write up and pictures. |
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Sun Oct 19, 2014 3:16 pm
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Location: Wisconsin
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Big fan of the rear trigger, easy to change chokes in situations the author described. Had he took the time to flip the barrel selector on a single triggered action, the bird may have been 70 yards. Great example when deciding between the choices when buying a two pipe shoot. Reno |
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Sun Oct 19, 2014 3:58 pm
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Location: Western Wisconsin
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Fantastic, Dave! Sounds like a great day! |
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Sun Oct 19, 2014 4:23 pm
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Location: Lowcountry Ga.
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Yep, I, too, am a fan of double triggers. I had Cole, the "go to"man for Beretta USA, convert my 686 to double triggers. It's a 20 gauge.
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Sun Oct 19, 2014 4:57 pm
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Joined: 07 Apr 2007
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Location: northwewst Wyoming
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Here's my 16 gauge with double triggers.
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Sun Oct 19, 2014 5:54 pm
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Location: Twin Cities, MN
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Dave,
Nice shot, nice gun and great pic of your boys! About 15 years ago my brother had his ultimate pheasant gun built by Beretta (back then they took special orders). 12 gauge 686 Black Onyx with double triggers, pistol grip and two 28" fixed choke barrels. One set choked SK/LM and the other M/F. When he got rid of it to ficus on small bore guns I passed - I like 30" barrels and the stock was too low. Don't know where it ended up but it was a heck of a gun for not much money. I do enjoy hunting with my Beretta 20/28 single trigger over/under and have considered having Cole put double triggers in it.
Glad to see you taking Jazz out - it's worth it just to have them with.
Regards,
Jeff |
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Sun Oct 19, 2014 7:52 pm
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Location: Wisconsin
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Rich Cole did my Silver Pigeon 28 gauge 2 trigger job. When I got it back, the front trigger articulated. Bonus!
Reno |
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Sun Oct 19, 2014 9:04 pm
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My favorite trigger was a twin trigger on a Browning OU that my dad had. On firing what ever trigger that fired reset to fire the other barrel. so you had instant choice of barrel, then without moving your finger, ability to fire the other barrel. |
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Mon Oct 20, 2014 3:25 am
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AmericanMeet wrote: |
My favorite trigger was a twin trigger on a Browning OU that my dad had. On firing what ever trigger that fired reset to fire the other barrel. so you had instant choice of barrel, then without moving your finger, ability to fire the other barrel.
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That was a neat design. Two single select triggers. I wonder how many guns were made in that configuration.
While no gun to carry behind a dog, the Remington 3200 has a unique safety/barrel selector. It's a lever that moves left or right simultaneously selecting the barrel while taking the gun off safe. It's none of that rub your belly pat your head movements at the same time routines required of other selector safety mechanisms. |
Last edited by Gil S on Mon Oct 20, 2014 3:38 am; edited 1 time in total |
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