Indexed Floor Plate Screws
This is an old issue, covered in some detail in the Parker FAQ's and Brian Dudleys illustrated disassembly guide. I have a 1917 SC SBT s/n 177416 I just picked up from a member here. The gun is a shooter, not a collector. The three floorplate screws are not indexed. and only mildly buggered, so I pulled them without further damage and found they were equal length and marked +, -, and blank. Pictures attached. I cleaned the holes and the threads and reinstalled them with the - to the left, the + to the rear, and the blank to the right, but they didnt index. I rotated them three different ways, and none of the ways indexed even closely. I left them in what seemed to me to be the least unattractive position. My remaining question is this: How did these get out of index? Did they come from a different gun? I cant imagine they have shrunk or stretched enough to cause it. Whatever the answer is, it is not readily apparent to me. Perhaps one of our resident gurus has an insight that escapes me. Thanks in advance for all help. BTW, I'm going to keep and shoot the gun and not worry anymore about the screws. They are only a minor annoyance in our collective quest for perfection!
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