Safety Help
 

New to me 12-ga.
The safety will not move from the safe position.
Is this something I can address or is it off to a Parker savvy gunsmith for a clean? Gun appears unfired or very very little. Was stored in case since new and has a few minor spots leading me to believe high humidity environment.
A good schematic and I'm not bashful about a teardown and clean. I do not have one yet but will search for one. Any help and/or suggestions is much appreciated.
-KL

Safety Help
 

Hi Your gun safety may have rusted up if it was stored in a damp area. But it may also have frozen up due to not being used form cosmoline ,a metal protector from the factory. All this can be cleaned up by a good Smith. I recommend Clay Target Sports in Princeton,NJ. I don't have the number but Chris Maest is on the internet. Hope this helps

Kirby, had the same issue with a new, unfired Repro a few years ago. Richard is correct about the cosmoline, It can become glue like with age.
I took the buttstock off and sprayed a degreaser on the mechanism. Wiped it down and cleared up any gunk. Dried it out and put a light amount of oil on the moving parts and contact points. Problem solved.

Midwest Gunsmith suggestions?
 

Richard & Michael thanks for the input.
Does anyone have a smith in northern Indiana or southern Michigan
who has Parker experience? I'd love to be within driving distance for delivery and possibly wait for clean and oil. (Pipedream with most "good" gunsmiths workload and backlog.) -KL

Send it to Brad Bachelder in Mi....He is a member...look him up and send PM..SXS ohio. Note: if the triggers are sticky and do not fully return to the forward position the safety will not move forward....(-:

Kirby,

I bought an unused 28ga and the safety wouldn't budge. I put a drop of penetrating on the safety and let it soak overnight. The safety worked fine after this.

Ken

Michigan
 

Guns going to Brad's shop in Grand Rapids for a strip & clean.
Thanks for the assistance.

Brad's an excellent choice

If I hunt in the rain with my Repro28 the safety binds up badly. When it dries out it works fine again. Go figure. It needs some wood or metal somewhere relieved a bit I think.

Wet safety
 

Hi Richard, I think the safety rod that slides back and forth in a wood tunnel for lack of a better word is getting stuck and the wood swells up form being wet. We used Chris Maest in Princeton for this kind of work. He is at 609-921-9358. He owns Clay Target Sports.

Thanks Richard. I figured the same thing. I just haven't taken it apart yet to fix it. I'm pretty sure when I get it apart I'll be able to see where it's binding. I'll seal the wood up with MiniWax wood hardener while I have it apart. It binds very hard; you have to push the safety button against a tree pretty hard to get it to the off position. Dry it out for a day or two and it operates like butter again.

Richard and all,
My Repro had similar sticking issues. It seems to happen when it is very cold and the gun gets wet either from the elements or a shaking wet dog. When the action is broken, the first time it is pushed off of safe seems sticky, after that it is fine. The next time it is opened, again sticky the first time off safe. So after breaking, I work the safety off and on safe once. When the gun is dry, the problem disappears.
I know. I know. "Take better care of your guns...." But it's a gun.
Richard's explanation of the wood swelling around the rod seems to make sense.
Thank you all.
Steve Kleist Ely, MN

It has happened to a couple of "old" Parkers of mine and the usual fix is expanding the rod passage. If you really want to fix it, get a nice black (or camo) plastic stock.

Fred,

Who makes camo plastic stocks? I have an 0 frame 16ga DHE that I would like to put one on. Given the numerous frame sizes, I expect they must be at the very least semi-custom? Are they affordable, probably a simple CNC program to cut them out?

Robin, Looks like you have laid out the broad outline for the new Parker restock, especially for an 0 frame 16 DHE. As has been said, "build it and they will come, maybe".