Lever left of center

[Stephen Hodges]

What is the fix for a lever that is left of center?

[Dean Romig]

Steve, it's not really anything to worry about except if it's so far to the left that the lever actually wiggles. If you just want it centered you can can have the bolt and replaceable wear plate replaced.






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[edgarspencer]

I think just the wear plate replacement would do it.

[Bill Murphy]

And where would we find one of them? Of course, that's not the fix if there is no wear plate.

[edgarspencer]

I got one from Brian a while back.

[Dean Romig]

Steve, I think much of the remedy depends on whether or not you have a replaceable wear plate and if you do, which version. The later version has the recessed shoulders.






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[Brian Dudley]

If the gun is not loose, leave it alone.

[Scott Janowski]

DelGrego has a bin full of them. However he will not sell parts.

[Brian Dudley]

DelGrego has a bin full of them. However he will not sell parts.



His common reply to anyone calling for parts was that you had to make your own. I remember a guy telling me that he called there looking for a coil hammerless mainspring. He was told that they did not have any and that the guy would have to wind his own. BS

[Scott Janowski]

I was at his shop probably 10 years ago now, he was very nice to me and he fitted a new locking plate to a Parker I had. He showed me all the bins full of parts, I would safely say he has over 1000 of them, and bins of many other parts. He also had parts for model 32 Remington O/U’s also.

[Craig Budgeon]

Left of center is how Parker built them and after millions of rounds and more than a century of testing it seems to work well that way. If you would like the top lever to be closer to center shoot 100,000 rounds through your gun, it may move.

[Scott Janowski]

I think you mean right of center.

[Brian Dudley]

Top lever position on a parker means nothing. All that matters is if the gun is tight or not.

[Craig Budgeon]

To me when a top lever gun is locking up to the right of center I become suspicious of the amount of wear and use a gun has seen. Peening the lug is a quick cure for tightening a gun up that has no wear plate.

[Bill Murphy]

"Right of center" would mean that the gun is not broken in yet or has some dirt in the locking mechanism.

[scott kittredge]

Is it a parker Steve is taking about?