16GS,

Let me say up front I have never owned an RBL, and have no bone to pick with CSMC at all, but here are my experiences being around them. Twice I have been squadded with men shooting almost new RBLs in S x S competition. The first time was at the 2010 US Open at Tunica MS. I was squaded with Leighton Stallones, a member of this board. We were also squadded with a gentleman shooting a RBL, with a single trigger. He had trigger problems the whole round. Once since then I have been squaded with someone using a RBL with a single trigger. It failed the shooter as well, repeatedly during a round of 100 clays.

I have used a Browning BSS for many years for S x S competition, a 30" barreled model without barrel selector. The right barrel was .018", and I had the left barrel choke reamed out to the same constriction, reasoning that if I could not select chokes I needed the same in both barrels. I have never been disappointed in this gun, in competition or in the duck swamps. It is highly suited to high volume, easily shootable with it's beavertail forend and pistol grip, and can be bought for $1200-1500 most anytime. The BSS single trigger is deadly reliable. I have never heard of anyone having had trigger troubles with the BSS. I am sure it has occurred, as any mechanical device can break down, but never to my knowledge.

If I had the bucks to spare, I might try a Perazzi, as I shoot a MX8 in registered NSCA competition, but the BSS is the best bang for the competition S x S buck around. Tested and proven.

SRH

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