03 December 2006, 23:11
DB BillChapuis - scope on or off?
Jean....noticed you have a single-trigger on one of your double rifles......how do you like it and do know how heavy the pull-weight is?
I assume you use it mostly for driven game hunts.
17 December 2006, 23:32
jbderunzBill
Yes I am using a single trigger ,4 pounds pull-weight.
In fact I didn't choose this single trigger. This chapuis is a used gun in mint condition I bought from the brother of the next door gunsmith. I bought it for driven hunts of course. Why? because my Weatherby MarkV was being rebarreled and I lacked a potent rifle for driven hunts. And to ice the cake, a S/S double is a dandy. Yet I am fairly accustomed with it but the single trigger is not an issue. In fact I don't give a damn of it. On the other Chapuis, on my Beretta silver pigeon 12 gauge, on my ancient S/S boxlock 12 gauge I am using double trigger as everybody does.
I think that the single trigger is not a real advantage.
I was just seeing Buzz Charlton's DVD once again and I was struck by the fact that almost a hunter on 3 mess up with the second trigger when jittering facing an ele. In this case a single trigger could be the solution?
But is a single trigger really safe?
oh.......I am using the double during driven hunts and.............................on tree stands when bowhunting. The double is my handiest rifle. I prefer to have a rifle along in case I'd wound a game or a sick game would turn up.