I took my D Grade 10 bore hammergun to Jim Kelly today at Darlington Gun Works. He is going to make a new screw for it (he said that Parker hammer screws have peculiar threads). He also pointed out to me that the hammer on the right side doesn't match the original on the left side. So it looks like the right side hammer was lost with the screw & replaced with a functioning but non original hammer & screw. He said that he will look for a matching hammer but I am looking too. Any help here would be greatly appreciated. Otherwise it's a very high condition gun.
BTW: It was Jim's 75th Birthday today and Mrs. Kelly had a lot of his friends over for an old fashioned pig pickin'. It was great! My friend, Ross Beard, was there as well. Ross wrote the book on Carbine Williams and was a neighbor of Melvin Purvis.
Best Regards, George
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