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Unread 12-06-2015, 05:41 PM   #8
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Finding a set of extractors woild be near impossible. Likely a set woild need to be made. But with these guns, you kind of have to take each one for what it is since they are not something most woild consoder trying to fire again.

The extractors breaking on these guns is VERY common. Since they are so thin with little surface area on the shell rim. The stress of pulling an expanded brass shell out of the chamber causes them to fail.

Your gun may have originally had percussion cap style ignition. And been converted to center fire. Or the firing pins on it could be oriignal. They made them both ways since there were various types of shot shells available at that time.


The fact of the matter is that these guns were only made for about 2-1/2 years and the actual production numbers are unknown, let alone how many are still around today. So any of them are good finds and are a must have for any well rounded Parker collection.
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