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Unread 01-15-2012, 09:29 AM   #21
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The tieing back of the action and also the removal of the sear pin before trigger plate are both fine ideas by way of tips to make things easier.

The photos that I took and put up are simply a visual guide to help transfer woods to the hands/eyes that have to do the work. They outline the basic steps of the parts that are needed to be done. I could go into each variation of dissassembly, but it would not be completely required in my opinion.
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Robin,

Thanks for putting it up in the FAQ's. It looks great. And good idea adding those additional tips on the bottom. I think all the bases are covered.

I do have a lifter to break down in the near future. So maybe we can do something similar for the hammer guns.
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FYI,

I have also added a very comprehensive album on the dissassembly of a lifter hammer gun.
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Mr. Dudley:
Please consider one additional pic that would help prevent wood chips out of the stock head as the sear pin is removed:

As I've posted here before, a bungee cord (or surgical tubing) wrapped between the standing breech and buttplate will hold the action to the stock when the bottom plate is removed. This tension will allow removal of the sear pin and sears without allowing the action to bash around on the stock head and potentially chip off some of the old thin wood.

Once the pin and sears are out, remove the bungee cord and the action can be carefully taken from the stock. Safely as well.

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Regarding the bungee. I am a novice with Parkers and soon learned that you need three hands to remove the sear pin with out wrecking the stock. I used a velcro strap, the kind you wrap around telecommunications cables (half inch wide, ten inches long). It worked great and was my "third" hand. The smaller line up "pin" was also very helpful. I went slow and was quite proud of myself since I did not have to go to my gunsmith and shamefully ask for help.
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The hardest part I've found in reassembling a Parker is compressing the one piece sear spring, then aligning the sears with the holes in the frame.

Has anyone designed a jig for keeping the springs compressed while putting the sears back in place? Is a jig possible to design to do this?
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In my opinion, the older style 2pc. sear springs are harder to depress than the 1pc. style.
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Chuck:
I will heartily second your position! Many in the US believe a gun ought to work :"til it don't" then take it to the gunsmith. Kind of like expecting your car to run "til she quits" with no maintenance and all the fluids the factory put in! (like my ex-wife thought)

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