R and L Markings

[Daniel G Rainey]

Looking at a Parker the other day that had a R and L stamped behind or next to the triggers on the floor plate. Noticed that none of my guns have this marking. What is the meaning of this or the purpose.

[edgarspencer]

If it was a single trigger (Miller) gun, I'd say it indicated Right and Left.
If it's a double trigger gun, I'd say it WAS a single trigger gun, indicating Right and Left

[Daniel G Rainey]

It was a double trigger gun, but none of my Parkers ( all double triggers )are have these R and L markings.

[Brian Dudley]

Then it was a single that was concerted back to double.

[Daniel G Rainey]

Thank You !

[edgarspencer]

If it was a single trigger (Miller) gun, I'd say it indicated Right and Left.
If it's a double trigger gun, I'd say it WAS a single trigger gun, indicating Right and Left

Then it was a single that was concerted back to double.

I guess he didn't get it the way I was saying it. I see you're on your phone (concerted)

[Brian Dudley]

I guess he didn't get it the way I was saying it. I see you're on your phone (concerted)



Yup...

Converted.


Another thought on this. If it were a miller with a rocker selector, the R and L would be on each side like he describes. But, millers usually are fat triggers that require the center trigger divider to be removed. So converting back to DT with the same trigger plate would be much more difficult.
So maybe it was another type of trigger with a similar selector.

[edgarspencer]

You're right on the Miller. I guess I knew that and shouldn't have thrown it out there as an example. Didn't the Parker trigger use the left trigger slot? The only gun I have with an SST is my repro, and either because it's never failed me, or because the repro hasn't inspired me to have a look inside, I am the furthest from an authority on single trigger mechanisms.
The Fulford trigger was, in my mind, a piece of engineering brilliance, but that one was for the Trap shooter, and not so much for the hunter.

[Jim DiSpagno]

I had a PH with a Parker single non selective trigger that used the left trigger and blanked the right slot

[Bill Murphy]

Never seen one of those.

[Jim DiSpagno]

Chris Dawe has gun now if he still owns it maybe he'll post some pics

[Brian Dudley]

And did it document as original?

[Jim DiSpagno]

Never bothered with a letter

[Brian Dudley]

Then I would suspect the originality of it. But that is just me.

[Dave Noreen]

Parker Bros. single selective trigger was in the right trigger slot with the fore & aft sliding selector in the left trigger slot. The Hunter Arms Co. HOT and the A.H. Fox Gun Co. Fox-Kautzky single selective trigger were in the left barrel slot with the fore & aft sliding selector in the right trigger slot.

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So, a Parker Bros. SST replaced with double triggers would have the R and L on the left side of the triggers while on a Fox they are on the right.

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During the early years of the NID, Ithaca Gun Co. used a Miller single selective trigger with the selector by movement of the safety slide fore or aft --

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The only selector I could ever use when a bird is taking wing. The Howland Single Selective Trigger used by Ithaca in the later NID years externally looked the same. The Howland single non-selective trigger was in the left slot with a blank (?) in the right slot that lifts when the trigger is pulled.

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[Daniel G Rainey]

After getting a letter on the gun, I know that the gun was ordered as a single trigger. But, must have been sent back to be converted to double triggers. ( there no record of this) Thanks for the input. It helps me learn more about Parkers.