Hammer gun lock assembly

[Rick Riddell]

Is there a parts schematic? It would be for a top lever hammer gun.

[Rick Losey]

i have not seen a Parker specific

but google any sidelock hammer diagram -my first "sidelocks" that i disassembled were flintlocks - it translated quite easily to breech loaders

if you are going to take one apart be sure you understand how to compress a spring

[Dean Romig]

There are pictures of the lock assy assembled...

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[Dean Romig]

Enlarged for detail...

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[Harry Collins]

Austin Hogan posted quite a bit about the inside of Parker hammer guns. I'll try to find some or someone a lot better at it than I can look.

[Rick Losey]

BTW

if you are new to taking a lock (or just about anything for that matter) apart for the first time

draw an outline of the item on a piece of paper- tape the piece to the paper as you remove it with an arrow to the location and outline of each piece on the drawing - adding an order of removal number would not hurt

it especially help make sure you do not mix up the screws

[Tom Hawkins]

Take pictures as you go for later reference.

[Harry Collins]

The screws on Parker locks are numbered.

[Brian Dudley]

Huh?

[Harry Collins]

Brian,

That was my reaction as well. At the Fall Southern a few years back I watched Dave Fjelline working on a Parker lock and he mentioned it as well and showed me and the fellow who's gun it was. I can't recall where the numbers were, but I did see them.

Harry

[Harry Collins]

Perhaps the holes were numbered. You know that at 70 and after Agent Orange cancer, a TIA that hospitalized me, to many times being under anesthesia and the knife I may get things wrong. I'm sure I saw the numbers.

Harry

[Brian Dudley]

I can assure you that there are no marking on the screws of Parker lock assemblies. Or on the lock plates themselves.

There are 4 screws and one threaded post. Of the 4 screws, on is a shorter length (for the sear spring). The other 3 are the same length. One of which is visible from the outside so it has a finished end. The other two are hidden behind the hammer and the ends are a rougher flat end.
Those are the only real methods of telling which screw goes where.

[Harry Collins]

I stand corrected. Getting old is tough.

Harry