The 2018 PGCA Raffle Gun was shipped to me in exactly the same condition shown in Jack's picture. The saving grace was that it was an extractor gun!
After I had it all assembled I discovered the safety didn't work so I had to go back into it and line up the safety slide and toggle with a bit more care. Then it worked perfectly.
I have disassembled and reassembled a number of Parkers over the years. I messed one up many years ago and sent it to Abe Chaber to correct what I had done. Seems I had reinstalled the cocking crank incorrectly.... He told me I should have been more observant when I took it apart.
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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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