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Inertia Blocks in Mechanical Triggers?

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All seem to agree that the Remington 32 trigger is "mechanical", requiring no recoil to fire the second shot. I own one and can't find a trigger part that moves as a result of recoil. K-80 triggers (don't own one) are also described as mechanical, yet they have an inertia block. The inertia block in my old Citori 425 looks like the one in a new 725 trigger (Mechanical Trigger). If these "mechanical" triggers don't need recoil to set "Set the second shot", why do they have inertia blocks?
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Looks like I somehow messed up that previous response and put it in the yellow box. ???

Three responses;
1. My old Rem 32 drops one, then the other, hammer with two trigger pulls, no recoil needed. It has NO inertia block, so it must be safe to consider it a "True" mechanical trigger?
2. I put a 410 Briley tube in a Browning Sporting Clays. On experienced advice, I changed the Trigger Piston Spring (not a big deal with the right tools) to Browning's 410 spring (Browning Citori Trigger Piston Spring, .410 Gauge) and it WORKED!
3. My old Citori 425 ALSO drops one, then the other, hammer with two trigger pulls, no recoil needed. It did not used to do that. I did some careful stone work on the sears then slightly lengthened (strengthened) it's Trigger Piston Spring. Now it behaves just like the Rem 32. Have not had a fan fire. I am very cautious with the 425, because I do not yet understand exactly why it no longer requires recoil to set that second sear.


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Mike,

Yep the Remington 32 and it's successor the Krieghoff 32 and then K80 and both Blaser F3 & F16 are all true mechanical triggers.
I am not familiar with Citori triggers but would assume that the stronger trigger spring lifts the inertia block to a second firing position sooner and acts just like a mechanical trigger even if it started life as a inertia trigger.
Fan fires usually occur if the gun is not shouldered firmly and the gun rebounds off the shoulder with the rapid stutter of one barrel firing a fraction of a second behind the first. If that happens and you are on the target there is nothing left but dust.
However poor sear engagement can and will lead to either true doubling or a very slight delay fan fire. This is why you should never trust that a safety makes a gun completely safe because a sear could slip or be jarred out of engagement and the gun fires.

CT