Small sideways play.
 

Hi All.:)
I have a very small amount of movement-sideways play in the barrels when
the gun is open. The gun is as tight as a drum when closed . Should i get
this rectifyed and is it ok to keep shooting it and also what is the cause
of this movement?. The gun is Remington Parker VHE 1/2 SIZE FRAME.
All the best Dave.

P.S. Some one told me to pinch the frame up in a vice:eek::crying:
surely this is not true you would have to be a total idiot to do this to a
parker or any other gun:nono:

All the best Dave.:bigbye:

Keep on shooting and put grease, not oil, on the barrel lug and hinge parts.

Caused by wear.

Stay away from the vise, hammers and those who recommend them to you.

Many of my friends in their 60's and 70's get a little wobbly also.

Thanks Bruce:)
Will do as you say with the grease.
I am 60 and i to get wobbly at times:whistle:
All the best Dave.:bigbye:

An old trick to tighten up the slide of a 1911 was to pinch the slide which is steel and not alloy in a vice. I guess some one applied it to a Parker.

Seems to me that if the gun locks up tight, well; no harm no foul.

I use fishing reel grease on the working parts of my guns. It sticks better than oil.

David:
Bruce is correct. Just keep the hook, bite and hinge pin properly lubricated and don't worry about the slight movement when open. And for God's sake don't let anyone with a vice touch your Parker with a vise!

Best, Kensal

Bruce is right. Grease. I use the nice thick and sticky wheel bearing grease that really stays on the sides of the lugs and on the hinge pin and hook. Definitely forget the vise idea...

Many Parkers with no obvious wear or abuse rock on the hinge pin a bit when open. It is hardly worth adding metal to the hook to solve that problem, but it is one way to address the problem. I suspect a few guns came from the factory with this minor looseness. I choose to ignore it.

Shoot and ignore it.
 

Hi Bill.:)
If my gun came with a small rock on the hinge as per' factory that's ok for me . I will do as you say ignore it and put the grease on the hinge pin.
All the best Dave.:bigbye:

One of the nice things about shooting antique double barrel shotguns is that they will likely fall open when the lever is pressed. I've never owned a new break open gun that did. Not that it makes all that much difference, but it kinda does.

One of the things I like about my ancient and well used Superposed is that it falls totally open at the flip of the switch and since it is an O/U, which has to open farther than a sxs, it is convenient and fast.

To me, any break open gun that falls right open, is a pleasure. A little wiggle? I don't care.

Fall open from new
 

Hi Steve.:)
The only new o/u gun to fall open from new was the good old winchester 101.
I had a 12-bore-LTW-with a straight hand stock . I did like that gun but sold it on as you do i now wish i still had it :banghead:.

All the best Dave.:bigbye: