Jack, it ought to be obvious that a thread entitled "inertia triggers--good, bad, and why??" is eventually going to lead to a discussion of the alternatives: mechanical ST's or DT's. And with the exception of your quote from Burrard about the involuntary 2nd pull, NOTHING I've said about inertia triggers is either misinformed or inaccurate. That is, unless you can dispute any of the following:
1. Very light loads may fail to reset inertia triggers.
2. A poor gun mount, in which good contact between stock and shoulder are established, can fail to reset inertia triggers.
3. If you fire the first barrel of an inertia trigger, break it open to reload, close it again to fire before you've reloaded that barrel (in response to another bird flushing), the gun will not fire.
Those are the cons, the first two of which are NOT cons with mechanical triggers; none are cons with DT's. Obviously, whether those cons offset an individual's choice of a gun with an inertia trigger vs a mechanical ST or a DT will depend partially on the purpose of the gun (field or target shooting), and whether the potential user has a problem with DT's, relative either to cold weather or hand/grip/trigger geometry.
I have an SKB 100 in my gun cabinet, equipped with--as you should know--an inertia trigger. I like the gun, in spite of that deficiency.
(Please note the smiley face, Jack.)
