Parker not firing

[Ian Miller]

Thanks for the last 2 messages. I'll do the various checks suggested. Some of our locally available shells are thinner rimmed than others and these do sit slightly recessed in the breach. We are lucky to get very good guineafowl and francolin shooting in September and October followed by red-eyed dove and from early December until 1st Jan closed season fantastic spurwing and Knob-billed (combed) duck all on our farm just outside Lusaka. All attracted to wheat and barley stubble and soya fields.

[Ian Miller]

Thanks to all for your advice. On balance I think I will send down the firing pin assembly to South Africa and get the pins extended. That is relatively easy. Hopefully the springs are ok, but I guess the gunsmith can look at them and advise.

[Old and Reliable]

Or can you drive there easily from where you are, Ian?>? If it were me, I would suiggest taking him the entire gun assembled, that way he can accurately test fire it after he has re-machined the striker tips on the hammers, and balanced the springs for proper tension-- Let us know how all this has worked out for you- and enjoy the Parker--

[Ian Miller]

Just to let those who gave me so much advice; I thoroughly cleaned out the firing pin chambers and everything else and re-assembled the gun. It test-fired fine. Now it's a matter of seeing how it goes when I start putting a lot of shots through it in the season starting in August.