change double triggers?
- Thread starter dreamwaters
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This depends on the design of the gun, but it should be mechanically easy to do. You will need new trigger blades made, or the existing ones reshaped (if possible) and that will not be cheap. You still want the forward trigger to shoot the right hand (or bottom) barrel first (especially on a fixed choke gun), so you do not want to simply swap the trigger positions. You need the triggers re-contoured to mirror the present alignment, if you get what I mean. If the manufacturer is still in business, contact them and see if they can supply the triggers. If not, start looking for a competent gunsmith in your area.
Sharptail
Sharptail
Ahsan Ahmed
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Sharptail - you have me at a disadvantage here.....original question perspective, could you elaborate a bit on what you meant via your statement as that suggests what is presumably already default setting.....
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Ahsan, in many (most?) double trigger designs the triggers are not centered in the guard bow, but are offset to the right. This causes a left handed shooter to have to "reach through" the guard to get at the front trigger. The temptation is to simply unpin the triggers, swap positions and re-pin them. While this can (sometimes) be done it is generally unsatisfactory. The rear trigger will then be way off to the right and needs bending (not easy as annealing is required first). In addition the trigger blades are usually canted a little to accommodate a right handed shooter, and this "fix" does nothing to address that. Finally, it is tradition that the front trigger on a double gun shoots the more open choked barrel first and swapping the triggers reverses that situation. With choke tubes, you can reverse the tubes to suit, but that does not remedy the other issues outlined. The only real answer is to have proper left handed trigger blades installed, and in most cases these have to be custom made or modified. So, while the installation is mechanically simple the acquisition of suitable triggers is usually expensive. I should also mention that a right handed gun will also be cast off for a right handed shooter, so some stock bending will also be required (also not cheap).
Sharptail
Sharptail
Ahsan Ahmed
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Thanks very much for the detailed clarity......in fact, prior to my reading your recent post, I had to get an sxs out of the safe to visualize what you actually meant......funny, as I never tried shouldering a firearm left handed (well, shotgun) just to see how it felt 
Thanks guys. Sharptail - I'm not sure that I've ever read a more articulate post on any site. I've never looks at double triggers closely but I could follow exactly what you were saying! Anyhow, this question was to decide if I should consider settling on a double trigger sxs as a grouse gun until I can afford something that I really want. The answer seems pretty clear - in order to swap triggers on a 300$ boito sxs I'd end up with at least a 1000$ bioto sxs - not something that I need in my safe. Better off to keep lugging around my big waterfowl gun until I can get something that suits me properly or at least is worth the investment!
Thanks again!
-DW
Thanks again!
-DW
