New Old Gun

[Chuck Bishop]

I bought this Quality D lifter 12ga, 30" barrels from an esteemed Parker guy recently at the Baltimore gun show. It has a few minor issues, the first is that the firing pins were frozen. I was able to get the left firing pin bushing unscrewed and just cleaned and lubricated the innards. The left bushing is frozen and will not budge. Even my gunsmith couldn't unscrew it. A drop of oil on the exposed shaft and it's now good to go.

A slightly bigger problem is that the bolt would not stay retracted when the barrels were opened. The trip was not working at all. To take the trip out, the bottom frame screw has to come out. It is frozen too and again, my gunsmith couldn't loosen it. A little penetrating oil on the trip and working it with a small screw driver freed up the trip and it's now working. I'm going to leave the screw alone unless the trip fails to function properly. The screw was buggered a little and I did a little more damage to it trying to get it out. The gun is tight on face and there is no felt recoil when using 7/8 oz loads.

The right barrel has a .750 bore and .028 choke. The left hand barrel has a .760 bore and .042 choke. The choke profiles are exactly the same in both barrels so I think that's the way Parker bored them. The drop at heel is 3 1/8" so I'm going to add a comb riser to get it up to around 2 1/2" and it will be ready for the hammer gun event at the Southern.

Here is the link to the album: http://parkerguns.org/forums/album.php?albumid=436

[David Holes]

Your latest and my latest have a lot in common, to bad condition isn't one of them. Congrats on that one, looks like fun. Dave

[Eric Eis]

very nice Chuck

[Dean Romig]

Wow what a nice one Chuck!

My 14056 looks to have been engraved by the same hand and there are only a few differences in the motif, such as where there is a woodcock on yours mine has a dog's head... but yours is in much better condition than mine which was used hard.

Congratulations to both of you!!

[George M. Purtill]

Very nice gun Charles. See it soon.

[David Dwyer]

Chuck
That is a nice addition to the family. Great condition and nice wood. I really hope we get more guys to shoot the hammer competition this year. I am tired of losing!!
David:banghead:

[David Dwyer]

Chuck
This is my $250 Grade-very similar side plate

[Dean Romig]

My D with the same dogs.

At some time in its past somebody had a bit of trouble with the floor plate screw too...
I guess a last resort is to drill it out :eek:


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[Dave Suponski]

Wonderful gun Chuck. Congratulations...Can't wait to see it.

[Chuck Bishop]

Thanks guys!

Dean, I agree, very similar. I was thinking of having a new screw made but decided against it for the time being as long as the trip keeps working. I wonder why our screws are so hard to get out. Old age and rust inside I guess.

Dave, I shot in the hammergun event and made the team my first year at the Southern. I was disappointed I didn't get a hat:crying: It's tough to shoot the event on Sunday if you have a long drive home.

Dave S. and George, I'll let you fondle it if your nice. Edgar, I'm still not sure about:eek:

[Chuck Bishop]

Dave Dwyer, other than the age of the gun, what's the grade of the gun in your post vs. your avatar picture. Are they both $250 grade guns? The one without the recessed hinge pin has sparse engraving like my D grade, yet your avatar (made later) has profuse engraving. I guess they just didn't have their engraving patterns established yet. Just guessing.

[Craig Larter]

Chuck: Very very nice can't wait to have a look at your new gun at the Southern

[David Dwyer]

Guys
Mine is pretty early gun, 2313 , sure look similar
David

Chuck
The Avatar is an upgrade. I wanted an A grade 7lb shooter, Austin gave me an O grade one frame barrel and receiver that had been through a fire and Sam Welch and Brad Brachelder created it.

[Dean Romig]

P.S. My hammers are from a different gun. When I got this gun it had 0 Grade hammers with no engraving whatsoever.

[Rich Anderson]

Nice gun Chuck. I have a top lever grade 3 now you guys got me wanting a lifter.....what are friends for:rotf:

[edgarspencer]

MR. Bishop, I believe I have already put my fingerprints all over it in Baltimore, and if you ever want to see your SS lifter, I had better get preferential treatment over those other two jugheads.

[Harry Sanders]

Nice gun Chuck, I looked at it several times in Baltimore.

[David Dwyer]

Edgar
It's Jarhead not jughead!

David

[edgarspencer]

Edgar
It's Jarhead not jughead!

David

Jarhead is a Marine. I meant Jughead. You're obviously too young to remember the cartoon.

[George M. Purtill]

I'm looking for Veronica to show up.

[James R. Black]

I dont know if it will work on gun screws but I have used classic coke to free two engines that were stuck tight.I had tried all kinds of penetrating oils with no sucess but the coke freed then in three days.