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Old 02-11-2006, 02:25 AM
TKO TKO is offline
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Double sxs Black and Blue

I have a double barrel with the double triggers that is causing my ring finger on my trigger hand to turn black and blue. When I reach for the front trigger my ring finger is against the trigger guard and takes a beating during recoil.

What do you think? is this a design issue or a fitting issue? It has no recoil pad and I have thought about adding one to see if it helps. The problem is most noticable when using heavy loads. When using the lighter loads earlier in the season I did not notice it, I picked up some hotter shell's and it has cause my finger to turn purple from first knuckle to the third. The easy choice is to not shoot heavy loads, opinions?
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Old 02-11-2006, 09:57 AM
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Black and blue

This is a problem that 2 trigger guns have always had. They used to make a rubber bumper type of thing to put on the trigger guard. Heck I have a single trigger Beretta SxS that does the same thing to me...When I shoot it...which is now just about never. Thing really kicks Guess I'm a wimp
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Old 02-23-2006, 12:49 AM
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Change in shells

Skeet I switched from the 3 3/4 drams To the 3 1/4 also tapped a cotton ball to the back of the trigger guard. I went back out today pheasant hunting with no ill effects. Looks like the lighter loads are the ticket with this scattergun.
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Old 02-23-2006, 11:49 AM
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I was thinking of a small piece of neoprene glued to the guard.
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Old 02-23-2006, 06:47 PM
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It depends

When I encountered the same problem with a dual trigger shotgun, I corrected it by trading the gun on a single trigger shotgun. That corrected the problem. All the best...
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Old 02-24-2006, 07:53 AM
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All my SxSs have DTs. It is a stock fitting problem if the guard is hitting your fringers. I shoot SxSs with English grips, Ptince of Wales and pistol grips. When shooting heavy waterfowl loads in an English straight grip 12 I will occassionly get a sore finger. Can't complain though, because it has to be a good day with lotsa of shooting and if I were a better shot wouldn't have to shoot that much.
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