Stock Removal

[VH20]

Originally Posted by Matthew Nonnenmann

Hi, all.

I disassembled my DHE 12 bore. I really enjoyed the experience given all the expert guidance posted. Everything has gone well, with the exception of the reassembly. I seem to be struggling a bit when it comes to aligning all the parts to get the the sear pin back into the receiver. Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Matt

Well, for one thing you have to compress the sear springs with your thumb to get the hole for the sear pin to align. Compress the first one, get the pin through it, and then through the center section of the receiver, then compress the second one and get the pin through it and the second side of the receiver. It takes a bit of fumbling, but with a little practice you can feel your way through it without having to use a smaller pin, etc (although they can be helpful if you are having difficulty).

Jim

[Paul Harm]

Hammer guns - I'm going by memory. The locks are held in by one screw going from one lock to the other. On top levers it's right behind the hammer. There's also a small tang on the front of the lock that you can't see that's inletted into the receiver. Loosen the screw a couple of turns and tap it with the back of the srcew driver or plastic hammer- this will loosen the right lock. Now turn the screw out and remove the right lock. You will see a hole going through the stock in the rear of where the lock was and in there are the top of the triggers. Useing a small drift and holding the triggers forward, push the drift through the hole till you hit the other lock. Now tap the drift to loosen the left lock. With both locks removed next remove the trigger guard screw and pull the trigger guard up and out. The two trigger plate screws can now come out. Next the big screw under the top lever can be loosen a turn or two and tapped down flush to loosen the trigger plate. Take the screw out and now the trigger plate should come out. The stock can now be removed. Hope this helps and others may chime in.

[B. Dudley]

Depressing the sears down against their springs on hammerless guns can be difficult at times. Jim's description of the proceedure above is just right. The older 2pc. sear springs are more difficult to compress since they are stiffer. Comparatevey speaking the later 1pc. springs are a piece of cake.
You want to push it down into place and then right away tap the pin into place with a brass or plastic hammer.

[John Farrell, Charter Member #33]

I recently sent a gun off to Larry DelGrego for some tuning after removing the stock and cleaning stuff out of the receiver. The cleaning did not solve the problem. Since I was not going to learn how to completely dissassemble the receiver parts, in reassembling the stock I noted that a sear spring was missing from the receiver. I sent the gun off to LDG with a note that the missing sear spring was probably the issue.

A phone conversation with LDG informed me that the missing sear spring was hard to solve since the machinist that made them for him had retired. I would have to be patient until a sear spring came available. I agreed to be patient.

Two weeks after the patient period started, while sweeping the floor of my shop, there was the missing sear spring among the dust. It had fallen out of the gun while I was cleaning the interior and I never noticed it dropping to the floor. God is good to Parker owners and Irishmen. JF

[B. Dudley]

And those 2pc. sear springs do not always come out that easily.

[full choke 16]

A large, clean piece of cardboard under the bench or vise can save a guy an hour of crawling around on the floor looking for a missing spring or detent pin. I've tried it both ways and I like the cardboard better.

[John Farrell, Charter Member #33]

Sweeping the floor at least weekly, gives me a chance to spot a dropped part, tool, a cork for the current bottle of single malt I just emptied, or on occasion, a ten spot. JF

[B. Dudley]

Try finding a small part in piles of wood shavings and dust. Been there before. Springs are like a football, you never know which way they will go when they hit the ground.

[Captain Bob]

on a stick.

[Matthew Nonnenmann]

Hi, all.

Well. I put the stock back on and the hammers did not cock on the gun when I opened the breech. When I disassembled the gun again, the safety lever mechanism seemed to come apart. I tried to line up the safety lever with the mechanism during assembly. Did all the parts seem to go together correctly. Did I miss something fellas?

Cheers,

Matt