Stuck barrel selector

[Carole Riehl]

I’m looking for some help. Bought a high condition 20 ga. VHE Skeet gun – screws look untouched, maybe 80+ % color, bores perfect, single trigger works fine (a bit heavy at ~ 4.5 lbs.) etc. - but has one problem, the barrel selector won’t move. Is this a common problem? Any advice for correcting?

[Dean Romig]

It's not common but not unheard of either. could be any of a few things causing it, from dried oil or lube... could be a screw in the lower tang over-tightened...

I would suggest sending the gun to someone Well-Versed in Parker single selective triggers. The wrong guy can ruin it forever!!





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[todd allen]

Wait a minute. 4.5 lbs is a bit heavy?
BTW, I think Dean is probably correct on dried lubricant as the problem.

[Keith Doty]

I bought a 12 ga. VH a few years ago, safety wouldn't budge. Seller forgot to mention this. A single drop of Kano Kroil and overnight it worked perfectly. Old lube and a bit of dirt = cement. Might try that before the gunsmith path. Good advice from Dean, the wrong guy and it might never be right again.

[Brian Dudley]

It likely just needs a cleaning.

[Carole Riehl]

I thought about Kroil and suspect that will work, but don't wish to contribute to a future oil soaked wood problem. Probably best to find a competent smith and remove the stock first. I would not attempt that myself - remembering Larry Baer's word's about people like me working on Parker guns.
Re the trigger pulls, half the gun weight for the right tube and maybe a half pound more on the left is what I like. Attainable with the Parker SST, don't know, but it certainly is with a good 2 trigger sidelock
BTW, never used the forum before and haven't figured out how to "thank" yet, but thanks all

[Daniel Carter]

The ''thumb up'' in the lower right corner.

[Russell E. Cleary]

The ''thumb up'' in the lower right corner.

Dan:

That is true.

But I found out the hard way that it will not appear on the lower right of a post you want to thank someone for unless you have posted on the Forum first

I must have gone a year trying to thank people, getting email advise from members as to where I should be seeing the thumbs-up symbol, but not having said anything yet, it wasn't there.

Probably a very little-known fact about the Forum.

I have made up for my early reticence since then.

[Daniel Carter]

Thank you, i did not know that.Now that the gentleman has made 1 post it should be available to him.

[Daryl Corona]

I know people will flame out with this but place a drop or two of WD40 along the edge of the safety and it will wick it's way where it's needed. If you can get some Ballistol, even better.

[todd allen]

I’m looking for some help. Bought a high condition 20 ga. VHE Skeet gun – screws look untouched, maybe 80+ % color, bores perfect, single trigger works fine (a bit heavy at ~ 4.5 lbs.) etc. - but has one problem, the barrel selector won’t move. Is this a common problem? Any advice for correcting?
Now I feel like a dummy. I misread your post and thought you were talking about gun weight.
I'm only 69 years old, so maybe I have time to learn how to read for comprehension ;-)

[Carole Riehl]

Not sure about the WD40 but I'm seriously considering Kroil. Remember the Old advertisement, "A little drop will do ya"? A drop of Kroil just might work thereby eliminating a drive to the gunsmith. But if it doesn't work...well then a drive to my favorite gunsmith is in the cards. Thanks

[Keith Doty]

Maybe I should have emphasized "A DROP" of Kroil. I certainly wouldn't hose it, use very sparingly. One drop won't oil the stock down, will wick down into a mechanism and that stuff really cuts old lube, dirt, accumulated crud. Doesn't do much though for the ground oyster shell and Lab hair, common to coastal duck blinds!

[allen newell]

Dan Cullity, Master Gunsmith, Sandwich, Mass. 508-888-1147

[Bill Murphy]

I have always tapped mine loose with a piece of wood, although I will not suggest you do it. It has always worked for me. Tap in the direction you want the selector to move. That, and a drop of oil, is what the gunsmith will do.