Aarrgh----Gunsmithing Question
Ok, I have a 1921 PHE 16. A year ago Simmons had it in for rebrazing of the forend lug. Before that, it opened normally, you removed the forend, opened the lever and the barrels came off hammers cocked or hammers let down. After I got it back, the barrels will only come off if the hammers are fired.
So I removed the trigger plate tonight, but did not drive out the sear pin or remove the frame from the stock. I cleaned the cocking slide thoroughly with Rem Action Cleaner, cleaned everything, the cocking slide slides, everything looks fine to me. Then I reassembled the trigger plate to the frame, and nothing is changed. It still requires me to let down the hammers before I can remove the barrels. There is no rust , no crud , all the parts seem to move freely to me. I don't think this is a barrrel cocking hook problem, but that was unchanged and moves freely. The barrels will rotate up, then catch and not rotate all the way. The barrel cocking hook is obviously catching on the frame cocking crank and will not release.
When Simmons rebrazed the forend lug, they had to reblue the barrels, but that seems unrelated to this issue.
So, any ideas about what is wrong, yeah I can live with it, I have for the last year, but I am picky about my guns and this bugs me. Ultimately I can send it off to Lawrence DG and will if something is really wrong, but I can't figure this one.
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