sticking safety

[Richard Flanders]

Never seen this problem with any Parker. Both Triggs and my guns developed very sticky safeties yesterday. Every time I opened and closed the action on my Repro 28, whether I fired it or not, the safety was nearly impossible to push off the first time. Same with Triggs PHE16. The issue continued today. The only factor I could see that could be related was that it was snowy and very wet and the guns were constantly soaked. I had to push the safety off against a tree once. Once freed, they worked just fine. We both missed shots due to this issue. I will have mine apart when I get home to check it out. Anyone have this problem before??

[Kenny Graft]

While rabbit hunting....freezing rain...guns froze up just like the briges on the hi-ways. Wind and steel will freeze first every time. Try to keep the water out of the action. When the weather is bad..I take my rain gun...Its loose and will freeze last! A good squirt if sillycone will also help. thanks all... Kenny Graft SXS ohio....(-:

[Richard Flanders]

Thanks Kenny. This wasn't a freezing problem; maybe a 'wet' problem, but it wasn't freezing. It does the same thing in a warm hotel room. I'm going to see how it goes when it's had time to dry out thoroughly and I'll have it apart at home for inspection and lubing and to seal up any bare unfinished wood in the inletting. I do that to every Parker but have not done it to this one as of yet.

[Don Kaas]

Richard-swollen wood is likely you problem as you suspect. I had the same problem a few weeks ago with my Ithaca NID 10g Mag's Miller trigger not switching barrels properly.. A good dry out fixed it.

[Dave Fuller]

Rich - I had the same problem with my 20ga Repro on the wet days in MN last week. In fact, I had two problems that only occurred only when the gun was wet 1) the safety got sticky and 2) sometimes the single trigger wouldn't cycle to the second barrel. I think Don has diagnosed my problem, it seems fine now that I'm back in dusty old Oregon. It was great running into you last week, I hope your trip home goes well and your gun starts behaving. - Dave

[Richard Flanders]

Thanks guys. We're off for sharptails in Alberta on the way home...

[Joe Bernfeld]

My new (to me) 12 ga Repor got a super sticky safety while duck hunting last weekend. When I got home I sprayed a tiny squirt of RemOil around the edges of the safety button and wiped off the excess, hoping to be able to avoid removing the stock. Voila, it now works like butter. I'd try that before I removed the buttstock.
Joe

[Richard Flanders]

Thanks Joe. Hopefully it will loosen up. I'll have it apart at any rate so I can seal the wood up so that getting wet won't affect it. It shouldn't get this sticky regardless of how wet it gets. Once apart, I should be able to see the problem and do something about it.

[Kurt Densmore]

Thanks Joe. Hopefully it will loosen up. I'll have it apart at any rate so I can seal the wood up so that getting wet won't affect it. It shouldn't get this sticky regardless of how wet it gets. Once apart, I should be able to see the problem and do something about it.

How is going Richard ?? I hope to see you sometime next month ?? I assume you are making your Deer season pilgrimage to MI.

I just ran into a sticky saftey issue and it seems to be the automatic safety rod that is too tight in the wood. I am thinking either swelled wood or a wood chip may have lodged itself in there somehow. I thought I may have to pull the rod and drill the hole a fraction larger but it seems to be working better every time I use it.

Kurt

[Richard Flanders]

I will be in Michigan Nov 15 to Dec 1. I have deer, pheasant and duck hunting plans but have not contacted Rich Anderson on a bird hunt yet. Thanks for the reminder. The sched is filling up. Have a weekend with Destry scheduled and am looking forward to that. Any particular time in that period work for you?? I haven't pulled the stick Repro apart yet; I'll get to that sometime over the winter after I catch up... if that ever happens. I may make the Novi gun show.

[Steve Kleist]

Richard,
I have a 12 ga Repro Magnum that did exactly the same thing last year on an October Manitoba canvasback hunt. It only stuck the first time the gun was open, same as yours. It also seemed to stick on the coldest (not wettest) days. I squirted some gun oil inside and worked the action and safety. I even took as much of it apart as I dared. After a few days it worked fine and I have not had problems this summer on the skeet range or up north this past month. So I am not quite sure what I did....(how's that for help?) but lube and working the safety seemed to work for me.
Regards, Steve Kleist, Ely, MN

[Richard Flanders]

Thanks Steve. I figure I'll see the problem when I dismantle it. I want to seal inletting up anyway as I always do if it's not already sealed. Some of the Repros seem to have acraglass or something in the inletting that seems to seal them pretty well. This safety was REALLY sticky. I had to shove it against a tree and push it off at one point... a little excessive I'd say and embarassing to say the least when the guide gets you a good flush and you miss the shot because of your safety.... not good. Seems like a more common problem than I realized. The posts from everyone are a big help... as usual....

[Michael Murphy]

Many Reproductions have had this problem. I was led to believe that the grease / oil that they used during assembly easily turned to a sticky goo. The solution was to take the stock off and liberally lubricate the mechanism and wipe it down. Then use a light oil coating.
It worked perfectly for me.

[Richard Flanders]

Thanks Michael. I'll be taking it apart at some point and doing something like that. Have never cleaned it yet so it's got to be due.

10/30: It's had ample time to dry out inside and now it works just fine. We live and learn... Thanks to all those who gave input.