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Bummer.

I've not run across a Beretta single trigger that couldn't be made to work by the time honored soak and air blast that you've already done, but my experience is only with O/U types.

Beretta is infamous for wood chips from their machine inletting process floating around and jamming things up. I've had this happen with 3 Beretta O/U's that I've owned and heard about many others.

Did you try it for function (trip left, bounce the back of the frame on a piece of carpet, trip right) with the stock off?

That's all I can suggest without having the gun in my hand. Look for inletting residue.

You could hunt with it. The barrel selector is pretty handy to your thumb... just get your thumb out from behind the top lever before you shoot the second barrel.

I never did try bumping it with the stock off. Since I could push the block back with my fingers and that didn't change anything, I thought something I couldn't see must be broken. But as I said, my local gunsmith has it now and I will just have to wait until he examines it before I can do anything now. He seemed very confident that he could fix it, and has never let me down yet. He has done 5 or 6 trigger jobs on shotguns for me and did a superb job every time.

I am so glad to get the information here that there are 626 guns in Europe that have DT. That makes me think that somewhere in the world the parts that I need do exist. Am I wrong in assuming that a trigger assembly would not require all of the legal issues associated with importing a gun? It wouldn't be called a gun in the USA, but I don't know if that's the case in Europe.

I was finally able to talk to Rich Cole, and he told me Beretta had no parts at all for 626 guns, much less a DT assembly. I guess the only way to get a DT 626 into the USA is to buy one in Europe and import it. I have enough hassles in life without going through that.

Does anyone know of a similar gun that is available here? I learned to shoot with a Spanish gun that was set up like a 626, except it had DT. That gun bit the dust long ago, and I have never been able to find another like it. The 626 fits me better than any other gun I've tried, but I do not like a ST. I have a long face, and the high rib on the 626 helps it shoot where I am looking. I also have long fingers and have no problem shooting DT with a pistol grip. I have a Fausti with an English stock and I don't feel like I have control of the gun the way I do with a PG. I realize that my preference is not what most people want.

So what I want is a modern gun capable of shooting steel shot and high pressure loads, DT, pistol grip, BTFE, 28" barrels, a high rib, screw in chokes, and weight around 7 pounds. I don't want to spend over $5k for a gun I'm going to scratch up in the field.

Stan asked in one of his threads what is the barrier to people buying a new sxs gun, and this is mine- nobody seems to make the gun I want. I would leave today to go get it if a gun like this existed. Thanks for any suggestions.

For those who were wondering what could be wrong with my 626, I picked it up from my gunsmith today. Harvey King of H&K Guns in Selma, AL fixed it for me and got it done in time for my hunt next week.

Harvey has worked on several sxs guns for me, but I'm not sure if he had ever worked on a 626. He said he spent a few minutes looking at it like I did to try to figure out what was going on. Harvey is a lot more mechanical minded than I am and figured it out. There was a small pin sticking out about 1/8" at the rear of the inertial block and it was preventing the block from moving back far enough to reset the trigger. I had noticed the pin, but assumed it was the part that was supposed to hit in the rear.

He pulled out the pin and put it back in from the rear and braded it so that it can't do that again. Thanks to all for the help. I suppose I will just have to live with the single trigger, but at least it works now.

Good deal!! Glad to hear you got it back and in time for your hunt.

I think there are a few guns available for what you want. Possibly a Parker Repro or a BSS.

Check into an RBL also to see if they can shoot steel.

I have owned a 20 ga Beretta 626 Onyx for 20 years and like it very much. A couple of months ago I was able to buy a 627EL 12 ga with double triggers and straight grip. It is my new favorite gun. They both are from the same model years 1986 thru 1993 and the 627EL offers a double trigger solution.

Put two light mod choke tubes in your 626 Onyx and quit worrying with barrel selectors or double triggers. Enjoy.
JR

Glad you're all fixed up!

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I am so glad to get the information here that there are 626 guns in Europe that have DT. That makes me think that somewhere in the world the parts that I need do exist. Am I wrong in assuming that a trigger assembly would not require all of the legal issues associated with importing a gun? It wouldn't be called a gun in the USA, but I don't know if that's the case in Europe. [/quote]




Expensive labor in USA makes SST to DT on inexpensive knockabout guns non-worthwhile project. Here is used 626 with DT in Florida.....
Bush ready Beretta ejector double....

It has carry wear plus some superficial oxidation form condensation on the barrels which means you can take into rainy bush and keep it in a barn w/o much worry. If chokes are opened up one can even use Winchester X-pert steel w/o much worry. That is good because we do not know what future regulation will bring upon us.

For the DT set up try Omps in Italy, they might have the parts and they would know what can and cannot be sent to the US.