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O/U and side by side doubles have been made with 2 triggers and with one. I personally prefer the 2 triggers, to me it's intuitive that the front trigger fires the more open choke, the back one the tighter one.
Single triggers can be selective (you can manipulate usually the safety to choose) or non-selective (more open choke goes first regardless). The Browning Superposed has a particularly elegant selective single trigger. But I still prefer double triggers.
Some have "anti-doubling" devices that reduce the likelihood of firing both barrels more or less simultaneously.
Inertia operated single triggers depend on the recoil of the first shot to switch to the second barrel. So if you have a misfire, one of the major advantages of a double is given up. Inertia systems I think are mostly non-selective.
not being a shotgun enthusiast, i dont know enough about them to say. all the side by side shotguns i have ever seem were double triggers. personally though if i were to get a shotgun, it would be something like a mossberg 500 pump action.
As noted, there's no one answer - they can have single or double. I prefer the double myself so as to avoid the select-fire or trigger reset issues as noted above.
I can reliably report that pulling both triggers WILL result in both rounds going off......much to the amusement of onlooking family members - especially when you're 12 years old and on your first bird hunt with all your uncles in the field......OUCH! I PROMISE you - an old Sauer and Sohns 12-ga SxS with buffalo horn buttplate WILL kick like a mule!
My O/U are single triggers. I had a Savage O/U with a single trigger that dd happen to blow both barrels with one pull. Not much left of the pheasant after that one, lol.
Had to take that to a gunsmith for a little check-up.
I prefer a single trigger on a O/U. Main reason is International Trap, Trap(doubles), and skeet.
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