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I can’t tell for sure. The break occurred during removal of the trigger plate. It looks like the metal may have had a hairline crack that was causing the top lever to stick preventing the gun from firing. This gun’s story just got longer as now I get to write the chapter on Top Lever Repairs.
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It happens much more often than you think and usually on a 28ga. Over the years we have had to have two of them repaired, the top lever was welded, reshaped and the engraving touched up and then blued rather than trying to replace the colors. In both cases the lever broke when the gun was cased with the lever in the open position and weight was put on the case lid.
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03-02-2021, 06:19 AM | #6 | ||||||
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It looks like the metal was crystalized - e.g. over hardened.
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Always trip your levers back to center. Many guns have been damaged from them being cased and shipped without the lever being tripped.
Also remember that Parker repros are not case hardened.
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03-25-2021, 10:28 AM | #9 | ||||||
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I received a 28 gauge Repro from Ward's Auction with the lever locked to the right. In shipping it was bent so it rubbed on the top tang when released. I gently bent it back so that it barely cleared the tang. I will not use the "I" word to describe the people at Ward's, but the are "I"s, since they sell thousands of guns and should know how to pack them. I thought about warning them about this problem before they shipped, but I thought they would know better and never contacted them. I have no idea how I would have handled it if the lever had broken. I am looking forward to hearing about the repair of a Repro lever and its possible cost. Dave Moore, can you tell us who performed the repairs you mentioned?
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