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Maybe one of the gun smith guys can chime in but I would expect a small coil spring be in place to hold the pin back?
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but even if there is no spring the hammer should not put enough pressure to press the firing pin against the primer one other possibility is that there is a hundred and thirty years of crud in there, several hammer guns I have dismantled have had lots of petrified oil and dirt in there. ok - just checked a 10ga Hammer Parker that was handy - i have not had points in a car for so long - so I have no idea where my feeler gauges are, but - i can just fit the thickness of two business cards in between the hammers and back of the pins - but a credit card compresses the pins a little.
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Lonnie: TPS indicates that the early hammer guns had a half cock position. Later hammer guns had rebounding locks to prevent this problem. The first with rebounding locks was serial number 84,314. Hope this helps. Bob
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are you sure that is not the patent number?
Parker introduced rebounding locks in the 1872 catalog the one I just measured is number 50732 - absolutely rebounding and only 5k before hammerlesss Parkers ps just pulled out lifter number 14418 (made 1879) - also rebounding
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Rick: My bad. That is the patent number. The rebounding lock option was offered in the 1872 catalogue as you stated. Sorry for the misinformation. Bob
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Lonnie, Rick: Page 94 of TPS: "The 1874 price list says that rebounding locks are standard on all guns". Bob
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Your gun would have rebounding locks. So, the hammers should not be even touching the pins when at rest.
Your issue could be a couple different things... Incorrect hammers. Some mechanical issue (which I doubt). Or your gun is not a Parker brothers gun, and a cheap imitation. Photos would be a big help.
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You guys are the most helpful and knowledgeable group and thanks to each and everyone. I am a fairly quick learner. I believe the hammers after reviewing a lot of the shown pictures, are not the correct ones for the gun, but I think they are workable. I am going to try the two business card dimension less .005 to start to set the spacing. As I have the weapon apart and spread out I will post a few pictures as soon as I get it back together . Again thanks for the information. Lonnie
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