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Bobby Cash
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Posted: Wed May 13th, 2009 04:29 pm |
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Good morning all.
I took the plunge and purchased my first Parker. I thought it would be fun to have something to shoot while I read "The Parker Story".
I decided that a bottoms up approach would suit me and purchased a well worn but tight 1904 12 gauge VH, original, good dimensions and configuration, good screws, no splits or cracks, barrels ring true, cosmetically challenged.
I've got 2 questions (I havn't received my books yet so bear with me). Could 2 3/4" chambers been factory on a 1904 gun and are bore diameters measuring .731 indicative of honing or is a measurement other than .729 within the tolerances of original factory?
Thanks for your help. Bob
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Posted: Wed May 13th, 2009 04:33 pm |
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| Either feature is commonly seen on factory original guns.
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Brian Dillard
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Posted: Wed May 13th, 2009 06:15 pm |
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Hey Bobby, great first step... be careful as there is no known cure for the disease you're about to catch.
Post some pics when you can, we'd all love to see it.
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Bobby Cash
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Posted: Thu May 21st, 2009 02:04 am |
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| My VH arrived from Deluth today. Original, well worn, still tight, top lever at center. 30" barrels, pistol grip, deep DHBP. Shot a quick round of skeet with 2 light full chokes (.34/.33). Scored 23 out of 25. Who would have thunk it would be such a great skeet gun. I'll try to post some pictures. I think I'm hooked. Last edited on Thu May 21st, 2009 12:37 pm by Bobby Cash
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Brian Dillard
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Posted: Thu May 21st, 2009 02:12 am |
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Bobby Cash wrote: My VH arrived from Deluth today. Original, well worn, still tight, top lever at center. 30" barrels, pistol grip, deep DHBP. Shot a quick round of skeet with 2 light full chokes (.34/.33). Scored 23 out of 25. Who would have thunk it would be such a great skeet gun. I'll try to post some pictures. I think I'm hooked.
Deluth??? Your Avitar says California!!
Anyhow, congrats, now post some pics for the group.
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Bobby Cash
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Posted: Thu May 21st, 2009 03:06 am |
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I am way on the "left coast". The gun came from Puglisi's in Deluth MN.
The only hic-cup is a weak top lever spring. Tight as a drum on the hinge pin, forearm to barrels have no movement and locks-up on face like a bank vault.
I've got some very nice Superposed and Win 21's but I'm really impressed with this 100 year old Parker. Why didn't you guys say something sooner?
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Bruce Day
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Posted: Thu May 21st, 2009 12:08 pm |
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The parts connected to the top lever may be only gummed up. Crud and dried oil is the most common cause of Parker ailments. The locking bolt connected to the lever may be binding and that will make the lever feel like it is loose. Try a liberal dosage of Remington Action Cleaner around the top lever and all inside parts and see if that doesn't loosen things up.
I think if you look at the quality of fit and the detail of finish on your VH in comparision to a nice gun such as a Superposed, you may find the Parker to be finer even in its lowest grade.
Tight chokes have a definite appeal. Its great fun to shoot sporting clays by letting the clay get out far and then taking the shot. Try it at 50-60 yards then dusting the target, same thing on actual birds. A friend borrowed a GHE damascus of mine, 036 and 039 chokes, for the duck season, and was pleased to regularly make 45-50 yard dead in the air shots.
Congratulations on your new Parker, its a good start but I'll bet you can't have only one. Join the PGCA.
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Bobby Cash
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Posted: Thu May 21st, 2009 12:47 pm |
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Good morning Bruce. It's not that the top lever feels loose or weak, on the contrary, I was most impressed with the crispness of the action. It's that after breaking open the gun, it has on occasion failed to retain the locking bolt back in the open position and in order to lock the gun, I had to thumb the lever open and then allow the gun to lock closed. This occured during handling/inspection only, While shooting a round of skeet it worked perfectly every time. Does my description make sense? Thanks, Bob
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Posted: Thu May 21st, 2009 12:55 pm |
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| There is a detent that holds the lever to the right open position. Sometimes that detent can be worn and needs to be recut, but again, suspect the most common Parker ailment and do a thorough Rem Action Cleaner dosing. If that doesn't do it, then disassembly will be required. There are many high use guns that have never had the detent wear so much that recutting was necessary.
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Posted: Thu May 21st, 2009 01:51 pm |
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Bobby, look down in the frame slot where the standing breach face comes up. There is a little lever down there which moves up and down as the barrel rotates up and down when opened. If that little lever is all full of crud, cornstalks and dried grease, it won't move correctly and will cause the top lever not to stay right when the barrels are opened. That's the same little lever that you have to push down manually to return the top lever to center when you take off the barrels.
Clean, clean clean.
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Bobby Cash
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Posted: Thu May 21st, 2009 02:23 pm |
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Thanks for the tip. I'll give it a try. Bob
Original finish. Plenty of "use marks", they just don't show in the pictures.
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Posted: Thu May 21st, 2009 02:35 pm |
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| Nice gun. My friend Jack always has nice guns. With that level of condition on the gun, I doubt that the lever detent is worn down. Just likely needs cleaning.
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