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Will do as you say with the grease. I am 60 and i to get wobbly at times All the best Dave. |
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An old trick to tighten up the slide of a 1911 was to pinch the slide which is steel and not alloy in a vice. I guess some one applied it to a Parker.
Seems to me that if the gun locks up tight, well; no harm no foul. I use fishing reel grease on the working parts of my guns. It sticks better than oil. |
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Bruce is correct. Just keep the hook, bite and hinge pin properly lubricated and don't worry about the slight movement when open. And for God's sake don't let anyone with a vice touch your Parker with a vise! Best, Kensal |
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Bruce is right. Grease. I use the nice thick and sticky wheel bearing grease that really stays on the sides of the lugs and on the hinge pin and hook. Definitely forget the vise idea...
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Many Parkers with no obvious wear or abuse rock on the hinge pin a bit when open. It is hardly worth adding metal to the hook to solve that problem, but it is one way to address the problem. I suspect a few guns came from the factory with this minor looseness. I choose to ignore it.
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Shoot and ignore it. |
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If my gun came with a small rock on the hinge as per' factory that's ok for me . I will do as you say ignore it and put the grease on the hinge pin. All the best Dave. |
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One of the nice things about shooting antique double barrel shotguns is that they will likely fall open when the lever is pressed. I've never owned a new break open gun that did. Not that it makes all that much difference, but it kinda does.
One of the things I like about my ancient and well used Superposed is that it falls totally open at the flip of the switch and since it is an O/U, which has to open farther than a sxs, it is convenient and fast. To me, any break open gun that falls right open, is a pleasure. A little wiggle? I don't care. |
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Fall open from new |
10-16-2011, 04:47 AM | #10 | |||||||
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The only new o/u gun to fall open from new was the good old winchester 101. I had a 12-bore-LTW-with a straight hand stock . I did like that gun but sold it on as you do i now wish i still had it . All the best Dave. |
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