Parker single selective trigger

[John Havard]

Personally I prefer double triggers. But what I'd like to understand a bit more about are the foibles and facts associated with a Parker single selective trigger. Do they hurt or help the collectibility of a gun? From a functional standpoint are they not reliable? If a Parker was sent back to the factory to have a SST installed would that be information readily available in a PGCA letter?

Thanks in advance for any and all info about this.

[C.O.B.]

I would doubt that if one was returnd to Parker for a SST it would be noted in a letter. I have several Parker's with original SST and a couple with the Miller SST. I have never had a problem with any of them including the reproduction Parkers with SST. IMHO a SST neither adds to or detracts from the value of the gun.

[Dean Romig]

This kind of documentation would be found in the Order Book. As with guns being sent back to Meriden for the addition of selective automatic ejectors such important alterations as Single Selective Triggers would most likely also have been documented in the appropriate Order Book. However, several Order Books are missing today.
It was customary after 1910 that when an earlier hammerless gun was sent back to Meriden for most any kind of work, the latest version of the replaceable wear plate be installed at no cost to the customer and rarely, if ever, documented.

[John Havard]

I searched previous posts for any information I could glean about the Parker SST's. I seem to recall finding quite a few negative comments about their reliability.

[Dean Romig]

I've read that too John but have zero experience with them. Maybe some folks will come on and discuss their experiences with the Parker SST

[Bill Murphy]

You will get negative comments from those who have problems that were not easily addressed, but those who have no problems are generally positive about the triggers. The early version of the Parker trigger that are inoperative are generally more difficult to "fix" than the later version. Some gunsmiths who you would think would be the ones to fix your trigger are not.

[C.O.B.]

If you look hard enough you will find someone who will bitch about a free lunch because it was ham not roast beef and on white bread not whole wheat.

I have used SST triggers for decades and NEVER experienced any problem from Miller's or Parker's.

[Autumn Daze]

John, Check with Chuck but I think the repair books that would list such things as retro fitted single triggers are very incomplete. I agree with Murph's statement completely. As for me any Parker with a factory single trigger be it an earlier single screw or the later two screw devalues the gun in my eye's.
Another thing to keep in mind there are those that are incapable of shooting a single trigger gun without making it balk or double.

[Double Lab]

I have a DHE with one of the early Parker SST's and the pull was 8 1/2 lbs. Sent it to someone who I thought knew SST's 3 times and he gave up on it. Had it fixed by another local gunsmith and it came back at 3.5lbs. No problems since.

[B. Dudley]

I have a GHE that has a Parker SST in it and the gun does not letter that way. Bit it does have Remington repair codes on it. So I can only assume that the trigger was installed. Y Remington after operations went to Ilion, NY.

I have have not had any issues with the trigger in that gun.