Parker SST
 

Been having trouble with SST failing to fire second barrel, I removed the trigger and cleaned per recomendations by members here. Trigger is oil free and as long as I shoot 45 degrees or below no problem, 45 Degrees and up it fails almost every time. Does the trigger need a dry lubricant? On the high angle shots pushing forward on the trigger or shaking the gun a little the second barrel will fire. It has the same results no matter which barrel is selected to fire first. Any ideas?Thank You.

The Parker single trigger experts are the Del Grego's, who still have Frank Fama's original single trigger set up jigs. I don't own a Parker single trigger gun, but if I did, there would be no doubt in my mind about who to turn to.

I owned an SST at one time and sent it to Lawrence for just preventative maintenance. He told me he cleaned it, put a very light coating of oil on it, and advised me against ever oiling it myself. He told me that the SST sears can wear down but it takes a lot of rounds and then they need to be rebuilt. I have no idea what is wrong with yours, just passing on Lawrence's words of a true expert.

Scott,

Shaking the gun and it fires! Sounds unsafe and when safety is a concern I suggest you get it to a professional someone that can find and fix the problem. At this point, at least to me, it sounds like it is NOT something for an armature, or even a non-Parker, gunsmith to undertake.

Firing unexpectedly is much different that not firing when you expect it to!

A gunsmith is much cheaper than a lawyer here in the good old U. S of A.

Robin- This is with snap caps, not live ammo. Point is there seems to be something not moving as it should at this angle, weak spring or lack of any lubrication on trigger assembly as the brake cleaner removed everything back to bright metal. Thanks,

Scott, I have to agree with our resident non expert Bruce. Single triggers are nothing to fool with. If after a thorough cleaning you are still having problems do yourself a favor and send it to Del Grego.

Lawrance DelGrego corrected a doubling problem which my GHE skeet HAD! The trigger pull felt perfect after that and no more doubling.

If you love your single trigger Parker don't let anyone else touch it!

Scott, Parker single triggers are very touchy, if the brake cleaner didn't work it's time to send it off to Del Grego. I own 6 or 8 SST Parkers and if they don't work with a cleaning I send them off cause if you mess with them or have someone who doesn't know what they are doing you will have a real "mess" on your hands and alot more money invested to fix the fix. Eric

That tickles my funny bone a bit. Is it 6, 7 or 8. Could it be 5 or 9? Nice to have to go do a count to know for sure. :)
Cheers,
Jack

Ok Jack, since it tickles your funny bone I checked, it's 6 Vh skeet guns, one GH skeet, and one beat up 12 ga DH hunting gun, so I got it right, "8" (and my wife says I don't know what I have....! ) Eric

Eric, if you have six V Grade skeets, one of each gauge , is one a ten gauge? If you, in fact have two of one gauge, what gauge is the duplicate? Inquiring minds want to know.

Yes Bill I have one of each gauge in V grade, plus I have the new in box 16 gauge skeet that you saw last year at the annual meeting (yeah lost out to Jimmy's A-1 but second place for a V grade aint bad either) and then the G 2 barrel skeet gun. So that's all of the skeet guns. Eric

Bill you should know they never made a skeet 10 bore...

If you ever upgrade your 20 skeet, I would like first chance (or seventh chance) at your 20 gauge from Texas.

I told you Bill you would have first chance at that gun, now let's talk about that pair of damascus ejector 16 ga barrels, you let go of those and you will help your case by about a 1000%:). Just a thought or I will buy the gun and all 3 barrels just give me a chance. Eric

The lovely Linda will be glad to sell you the 0 frame GHE Damascus 16 three barrel set. I will put a note in my file.

I wasn't planning on waiting that long....:eek: ! I would prefer to hand you the cash..and then show you the A grade after it was finished and let you shoot a few of rounds of 5 stand or whatever, I think you might enjoy that more .. Eric

Spoke with Mr. Del Grego a couple of days ago and had come to the conclusion that he needed to take a look at it. I just kept thinking the gun is in great shape and has not been shot that much, why is this trigger doing this. I decided to pull the trigger one more time and give it one more cleaning. The trigger was pretty clean from prior job but thougth one more time could not hurt, was getting ready to re-install and decided to inspect with a portable spotlight that just happened to be near by. Found what appears to be a thread or a tiny piece of grass wrapped around a small wire spring under the swinging weight on the trigger. Removed and re-assembled ....works great. If I had not happened to have that light handy I would have never seen it. Thanks for the help.

glad it was as simple as that. Have fun shooting. Eric