Auto safety
 

One of the Parker’s I acquired does not appear to have an automatic safety after the gun is opened.
It has to be repositioned manually.
Was this a Parker option or is it a malfunction?

There is a rod that when removed disables the automatic safety. I have seen it a few times. Just had this taken care of recently on a 28 ga repro. It’s a pretty easy fix.

A gun could also come from the factory with the non automatic safety, particularly if its intended use was for the trap line or pigeon ring. Those ordered with no safety were definitely headed that way.

I don’t believe the research letter specified non auto safety.
Is there a way to determine if it was a factory setting? And if it was I am guessing it could be modified ?
I’d feel more comfort with an auto safety, especially since there will be other family members shooting it.

It could have been special ordered that way, which would be stated in the letter.

Or the reset rod was removed after the fact. If there is a hole for the rod in the stock, then that is what happened.

Either way, putting it back to an auto safety can be done. Very easily if the hole is there.

That is a blessing. My safeties go on when I want them to.

Skeet guns have no automatic safety.

An auto safety on a game gun is annoying as hell, if you have spent any time shooting sporting with a target gun.
I had a 32" CHE target gun (1906 vintage, if memory serves), and it had a manual safety, and I would love to find it again!

I’m in agreement,
I tried my daughter’s new Beretta. The safety was tight and too smooth.
More often than not, I fumbled with it.

Clark, I will guess that your pump guns and autoloaders do not have automatic safeties. How about bolt action rifles?