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Stephen Hodges 01-25-2025 06:00 PM

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

Dean Romig 01-25-2025 06:26 PM

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 01-25-2025 06:29 PM

I think just the wear plate replacement would do it.

Bill Murphy 01-31-2025 09:55 AM

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

edgarspencer 01-31-2025 10:30 AM

I got one from Brian a while back.

Dean Romig 01-31-2025 11:10 AM

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 01-31-2025 11:29 AM

If the gun is not loose, leave it alone.

Scott Janowski 01-31-2025 06:22 PM

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

Brian Dudley 01-31-2025 06:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scott Janowski (Post 424518)
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 01-31-2025 06:33 PM

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 02-01-2025 10:02 AM

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 02-01-2025 10:07 AM

I think you mean right of center.

Brian Dudley 02-01-2025 10:56 AM

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

Craig Budgeon 02-01-2025 08:41 PM

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 02-02-2025 10:06 AM

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

scott kittredge 02-04-2025 03:59 PM

Is it a parker Steve is taking about?


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