Niether of the hammers cock? Did you put the cocking slide back in? :-) Is the cocking hook properly engaging the bellcrank?

One thing you can do since you have it back apart is to put everything back together, just without the stock. The only part missing would be the safety jacket. In this situation, the gun can be opened and cocked and dry fired to test operation. And then if something is amiss, you can see what is going on. If all parts are in correctly and the sear springs are putting proper tension on the sears, then the gun should cock and stay cocked.

Getting the safety slide engaged with the arm is tricky some times, I usually pu the button forward and also make sure that the arm is forward and they usually go together, but sometimes they take trial and error. The whole safety jacket assembly is one of my few complaints with the Parker mechanism design. I much more prefer the fox style of safety from a standpoint of simplicity and also in stock fitting.

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HI
Thanks so much for the info...I think I had the slide upside down. :) I did also notice that one of the hammers did not cock. It would slide rearward when I opened the breech, just not stay cocked....hmm. It seems easier to depress the sear arm(?) on the side that did not cock...is my sear spring worn out?

thanks for your help!

:banghead:

Matt

Well if they are pulling back, then the cocking slide is in correctly. If they are not staying back, then the issue is the sears. Is the spring on that side broken or missing?

Sear Springs...
 

The springs appear to be intact and functional...one side is easier to depress than the other...maybe she has lost some spring in her step. :) I imagine that new ones are hard to come by...

Best,

Matt

Not really all that hard if you look in the right place. :-)

In fact, I have two spare ones on hand. Let me know if you end up needing one. Send me a PM.

If there is any spring tension at all, even light, it should still cock and hold. If it is not, then I bet the spring might be barely hanging on.

Now also make sure that there is nothing pushing up on the sear when it is trying to cock.

Also inspect the end of the sear and sear notch in the hammer assembly for damage /dirt. It doesn't take much for the sears to not engage properly.

I wish the person that took the stock off my hammergun would of read this post few chips gone but I can live with it. I suppose the stock fellows can even fix the very small peices (sometimes it's the easy words give me fits) in the tang channels? best

Calvin, you don't have the same sear spring installation problems with the hammer gun as you do with the hammerless gun. Your chips were just from carelessness or years of shooting with loose screws.