Parker hammer springs are coil springs and you can store the gun indefinitely with the hammers cocked. Even after the hammers are dropped there is still significant tension on those springs. They will not lose their strength at all if stored cocked.
And, you can dry fire a Parker Bros. hammerless gun without snap caps with no harm at all to the gun or firing pins.
The ejectors are the thing you need to worry about on a Parker so equipped. Damage is easily done to the stop plate or doll’s head by allowing thebejectors to snap back against the stop plate without snap caps or empty shells.
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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