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Unread 02-15-2019, 01:44 PM   #1
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Default Non-automatic safety conversion

I'm looking at a Parker that has a non-automatic safety. It's a nice gun, but not in serious collector condition -- it's already some other things done to it. I'm sure I could manage with the safety, but I really like auto safeties, because, well, I'm old and that's what I'm used to. I don't shoot clays, only wild birds. The gun is from the first decade of the 20th Century if that makes a difference.

My questions: How difficult is it to convert the Parker non-automatic safety to one that is automatic? Does anyone have experience with this? Do you have a gunsmith to recommend for the work?
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Put the safety link/rod back in.
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Not difficult at all. Contact B. Dudley for repair etc
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If the gun is restocked or was originally ordered with a non automatic safety a hole for the rod may not exist. The difficulty of repair becomes more of a challenge.
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If the gun is restocked or was originally ordered with a non automatic safety a hole for the rod may not exist. The difficulty of repair becomes more of a challenge.
Thanks, Craig (and others who have responded)!

If I purchase this gun, I'll get a letter. Not sure the safety issue would show up, but I should learn something about the stock. BTW, if appears to be an original stock.

So, based on the responses I have received so far, I assume this is a pretty easy change and would require the manufacture of the missing rod (or finding an original part).
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Providing the gun is in its original configuration, with the only modification being the removal of the reset rod, it is an easy task to convert back to auto-resetting.

The gun could have possibly been ordered that way, in which case the only extra step would be drilling out the hole for the reset rod.
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Providing the gun is in its original configuration, with the only modification being the removal of the reset rod, it is an easy task to convert back to auto-resetting.

The gun could have possibly been ordered that way, in which case the only extra step would be drilling out the hole for the reset rod.
Thanks, Brian. I have a feeling this gun was ordered as a trap gun and so may have been ordered with the non-automatic safety.
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