Hammerless Disassembly

[Phillip Carr]

I want to disassemble my 10 gauge hammerless to send it out to be re cased. Is there written instructions on complete disassembly? I found Brian's pictures which are very good, but it does not take me deep enough to disassemble as far as the receiver needs to be disassembled. Any help is appreciated.

[John Campbell]

The Parker hammerless is not the easiest subject to take to bits. But it you must, try the NRA handbook of long arms disassembly. It has the Parker included.

And... re-case is rarely a good idea for a host of reasons. But if you must, send it to a good shop. I recco Classic Guns in Crete IL.

[Charlie]

I did this years ago with an old GH. Frame was warped a bit during case hardening and re-assembly was a real pain. Good luck. Charlie Price

[Paul Ehlers]

Phil

IMO if your going have the frame re-case hardened. You should send the whole gun to the shop you've chosen to do the work. Have them do the dis-assembly & re-assembly. This way they will be able to fit the gun back up correctly after the re-case heat treatment process.

Do yourself a favor & call Brad Bachelder or Doug turnbull before you take the gun apart. Ask them some questions & follow their advice.

Sometimes saving a buck on the front end will cost two bucks on the back end.

[Brian Dudley]

Phil,
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.

[Phillip Carr]

I sent the frame to Classic guns but it was returned with a note that they do not have time to assemble or disassemble. I need to give this some more thought. Its a nice gun. GHE 10 gauge with 36" Parker Special steel barrels. I have had the wood redone by Chris Dawe and it turned out wonderful. The barrels went to DelGrego. So I thought I would re case. Now I am having second thoughts.

[John Campbell]

Many times an old Parker just looks "right" with a frame merely cleaned up from surface rust and not re-cased to look like a new Chevy. This clean up is within the capability of many hobbyists, and doesn't require full disassembly. If you could post a few photos of your frame that would help.

[Linn Matthews]

Why not ask Del Grego about re-casing it for you? They are certainly familiar with Parker requirements.

[Brian Dudley]

Delgrego doing the work will not result in correct case colors. They use Cyanide colors. Not bone charcoal.

[Dean Romig]

As I understand the facts... DelGrego hasn't used the cyanide process since Babe stopped using the Remington facilities many decades ago. From what I understand, they outsource case hardening projects.

[Brian Dudley]

Ok. I was not aware that they were utilizing different methods than what they were known for in the past. Thanks Dean.

[Phillip Carr]

Thanks for the information. Also for the offer of support Brian. My one stumbling block was resolved yesterday on the disassembly. Just needed a little more pressure. I will also call Larry DelGrego today.

[Bruce Day]

There are cyanide case colors and charcoal case colors. Make sure you know the difference, what is correct, when, and what is not, and who does the best job of reproducing correct case colors in a true restoration.

[allen newell]

DelGrego is for all intent and purpose a one man shop. Occasionally Lawrence has a helper but mostly works alone (as he has told me). It can be a long wait. When Lawrence rebuilt my grand dad's 16 VH, I had him send the metal to Turnbull for re-case coloring. Colors were satisfactory but I'd follow the recommendation above and call Brad Bachelder first. Brad's work is first rate in all respects.