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Posted: Sun Mar 9th, 2008 01:19 am |
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You might hurt her feelings. Police auction today and she showed up in a pile of confiscated guns. Got her for $110 (darn that high auctioneers fee). She has a broken stock at the wrist, and a weak hammer spring on the left barrel ..but.. I now own a Parker. Born in 1902, shiney bores, not much color left.
Would love advice how to get it in working order. Anybody used the stocks from gunstocks.com? How do I tell if the firing pin is damaged or just a weak spring.
Remember .. no laughing. I'm on a yardsale budget so this and my 1901 Smith hammer field grade are what's keeping my head in the clouds.
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Posted: Sun Mar 9th, 2008 01:40 am |
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congradulations. It looks like a G grade. Are the barrels damascus? For 110.00 I would have bought it also. Post some pics of the barrels flats and the water table and some one will post imformaion about it.
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This is a great site and a bunch of great guys. There is a lot of imformation about parkers and a lot to learn. It is great fun and very interesting.
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Posted: Sun Mar 9th, 2008 01:42 am |
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What gauge is your lc smith?
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Posted: Sun Mar 9th, 2008 01:53 am |
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| Love those ball grips.Are you sure you can't fix that stock?Nothing is as approiate as the origional.This site and others have advice for do it yourselfers and names of individuals that repair stocks.Of course ,mechanical condition and barrel condition enter in repair decisions.Parker stocks are difficult to fit;some of the saftey mechanism is contained in the stock.You will find assembly instructions in this site;try cleaning first before you give up on that left mechanism but beware of removing the hammers-be sure you understand the procedure,it has its pitfalls. Last edited on Sun Mar 9th, 2008 03:07 am by Hugh Rather
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Posted: Sun Mar 9th, 2008 03:32 am |
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Theres a G under the serial number and just enough engraving to whet my appetite for more. Damascus barrels. Barrel have a strong resonate 'gong'when struck and have no bulges and no dents that I can see. The lever is to the left of center when closed.I'm still new to vintage SxS. I hunt doves and pigeons with the Smith (also a 12 bore) and am VERY excited to take the Parker in the field.
I would love to hear about repairing the existing stock if someone wants to describe the most common methods . I suppose a wooden or metal dowel to connect the two halves? Unfortunately the screws have all been buggered. Another example of bubba technology.
I put my finger on the left side when pulling the trigger and can just 'barely' feel the pin. The right side makes me not want to do it again. Any ideas?
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Posted: Sun Mar 9th, 2008 03:54 am |
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Its possible that the left firing pin not hitting hard may be from a need for a good cleaning inside. These old Parkers have a lot of build of gunk dirt and dried oil inside. some times cleaning them will take care of problems like this.
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Posted: Sun Mar 9th, 2008 01:52 pm |
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| Go to http://www.stockfixers.com this site has some information.If the firing pin on the left has a rounded tip probably is dirt and gunk keeping from protruding-remember the left barrel probably used less so more opportunity for gunk buildup.Parker in its instructions stated that you could dry fire without damage.
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Posted: Sun Mar 9th, 2008 01:58 pm |
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| That link doesn,t work for me.Am I doing something wrong?
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Posted: Sun Mar 9th, 2008 08:35 pm |
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h h rather wrote: Parker in its instructions stated that you could dry fire without damage.
We should keep in mind that this was only in reference to hammerless guns where, by design, the hammer pin was one tapered piece - not so the firing pins of hammer guns.
That link doesn't work for me either. 
Last edited on Sun Mar 9th, 2008 08:37 pm by Dean Romig
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Posted: Mon Mar 10th, 2008 07:31 pm |
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Dave Suponski wrote: That link doesn,t work for me.Am I doing something wrong?
I think its rather:
http://www.stockfixrs.com/
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Posted: Tue Mar 11th, 2008 12:54 am |
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All done waiting for a reply... Have a nice evening.
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