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Unfortunately, I then asked my eighty-six year old father if he's like to try a shot or two. The reason it was unfortunate is that on Dad's first shot, the gun doubled, simultaneously discharging both barrels. It was loud, of course, and Dad had the benefit of throwing two ounces of lead out of a six pound gun--taking a few steps backward as a result. It is a good thing we were not shooting three inch magnum shells at the time!

As supplied, the single trigger on the Stevens 555 cannot be trusted. Perhaps this one just slipped through the cracks, but no one would be happy with a "give 'em both barrels" (from time to time) O/U shotgun with a single trigger. Unfortunately, double triggers are not an option. Thus, back to Savage Arms goes the Stevens 555, without remorse.

There's not any really good quality 2 barrel guns for under 2K. You can find a few used around 1K and if you are real lucky a bit less.

My Franchi Instinct would politely disagree.

Everybody is entitled to their own opinion.
http://www.chuckhawks.com/franchi_instinct-L_shotgun.htm

I read that review a couple times when I was researching the instinct before I bought mine. Other then him I had a hard time finding anyone disliking the Franchi.

Take what Randy Wakeman says with a grain of salt. He knows his stuff about many things but it is sometimes drowning in the fact that he thinks he is never wrong. I tad bit of arrogance goes a long way in spoiling the whole thing for me...