A gun question for you well-armed Loungers...

[LiberalHeart]

Why would a gun have two triggers? That's the kind that was used in a local crime tonight and I'd never heard of guns having two triggers. I'm wonder why two are necessary. Anybody know?

[Sebastian Doyle]

1. Just in case the Freeper was too stupid to find the first trigger?

:shrug:

[LiberalHeart]

2. LOL ....thanks for clearing that up.

[quakerboy]

3. Double Barrel shotgun?

Ive not seen many, but back when I was in the NRA and went to gun shows, I saw a few such items.

[buzzycrumbhunger]

4. My dad had a shotgun with two triggers

. . . one for each barrel. I guess that was so you had the option of blasting something to bits or leaving something behind to scrape up afterwards. I guess this makes me only marginally less ignorant than you. :shrug:

[MilesColtrane]

5. That would be a double set trigger.

A double set trigger allows a shooter to have a greatly reduced trigger pull (the resistance of the trigger) while maintaining a degree of safety in the field.

One sets the trigger and the other fires the weapon. Double set triggers are most likely to be seen on customized weapons and competition rifles where a light trigger pull is beneficial to accuracy.

[Inchworm]

6. Good answer

The only other type gun I've seen with 2 triggers was a shotgun

:hi:

[LiberalHeart]

8. The cops did say it was a shotgun.

[SacredCow]

7. I agree that it was probably a double-barrel shotgun...

All of the ones I've ever owned had 2 triggers.

[Haole Girl]

9. I found this information about double trigger shotguns:

http://hunting.about.com/od/shotgun/l/aastshotgunfaqa.htm

Is One Trigger Better Than Two?

Some shotgunners have a specific preference between single and double triggers while others use either with equal satisfaction. I regularly use doubles with both types, and even though I would just as soon have one as the other, I do recognize that each has slight advantages. While pull length always remains the same with a single trigger, it is longer for the front trigger than for the rear trigger on a gun with two triggers. This seems to bother some shooters. Barrel selection can be a bit quicker with two triggers, but their biggest advantage as I see it comes when hunting flushing birds such as quail. On a number of occasions I have fired one barrel at a single bird and then had a second one flush while my gun was broken down for reloading. A double gun with two triggers can be closed on an empty chamber and the bird quickly taken with the second barrel by simply squeezing its trigger. If this is done while hunting with a gun equipped with a single trigger, the barrel selector has to be switched prior to pulling the trigger in order to fire the loaded barrel, making it a bit slower to get back into action. The advantage of a double-trigger gun in the field is slight, but it is there just the same.