Stuck barrel selector
 

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?

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

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.

It likely just needs a cleaning.

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

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.

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

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.

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 ;-)

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

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!

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

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.