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02-21-2013, 12:41 PM
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Looks like it could be done
But strikers were not meant to last forever. Someone going to a remote area to hunt would take spares and have no issue replacing a damaged one with a new one. When a striker failed on one of my hammer guns I had a machinist make two pair, so that if the new one only last 125 years like the last set I won't have to worry abpout it.
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02-21-2013, 07:03 PM
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Bruce:
Your plan is very workable. I've done many this way. A lot held in by high-temp solder. They all hold. Maybe for 125 years. |
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02-21-2013, 07:09 PM
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Bruce, I would think that you could just turn a couple up out of some S-7 alloy and they would last just about forever.
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02-21-2013, 11:18 PM
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looks like the tip of the old one could be built up by good tig welder and reshaped...just my thoughts...charlie
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02-21-2013, 11:45 PM
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Thanks guys for the ideas. I will locate a good machinist to turn two brand new ones on a lathe. It's not brain surgery after all. "I'll Git 'er Done".
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02-22-2013, 08:47 AM
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if you do - get two sets - that way you will never need them
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02-22-2013, 10:06 AM
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Bruce:
Please remember... anything you have turned up will necessarily "look new" on an old gun. But it's your gun. Still, there is a difference between "gitten 'er done," and getting it done right. |
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02-23-2013, 11:34 AM
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Current Status:
As of yet I've had no luck in finding a gunsmith or machinist willing to rebuild the existing striker or manufacture a replacement.
I have located a source for replacement Parker strikers at a very reasonable price. Since I currently have a Parker hammer gun I compared the two side by side. The the diameter of the Parker striker base is just a bit wider and the overall length is a little long. The length of the bases look identical. The pin itself would have to be shortened and the base diameter would have to be reduced a touch. The relieved area on the side for the set screw is much smaller on the Parker though that is only a matter of filing out some more material. If the hardened metal is too difficult to file perhaps a stone would be more effective. It seems to me that modifying a Parker striker would be a cost effective alternative to starting from scratch and be much stronger than patchwork. John Campbell, I like your idea but the depth available for the tap hole seems very shallow. I'm all ears if anyone here could provide any ideas or assistance. 
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