Parker gunsmith

[Charles Dawley]

Bob: I did as you suggested....took a bit of pressure, particularly on one set of barrels, but the ejectors now sit flush and so does the brass. I then went and sprayed gun stripper on the ejector rods, ran them back and forth and then oiled. They now move freely. Hopefully this fixes the situation....I will take them back up north with me this weekend and find out. From what I understand, the two barrel set (with two forends) was one of five bought by a service man stationed in japan as an investment and never fired. When I first received it from the seller (Roger Bains) the triggers were slow moving....I sent it back for a check up and his gunsmith cleaned out all the grease put in it at time of manufacture and they now work well....could be that was what was holding up the ejectors as well. Charlie

[Big D]

There are numerous stories of unfired repros (and othe Japanese guns of the same era) being gummed up with oyster oil, or whatever they used back then.