Possible book project

[Dean Freeman]

Whether or not you think people should be tinkering with their guns isn't the point here. Brian's book idea would be a fantastic compendium of knowledge that we would all be the better for having access to. Bodgesmiths, garage gunsmith's, and the like will screw up what they're going to screw up, whether there's a book to guide them along or not. For those who are competent enough to use such a book, or for those who would simply have it for their gun library, we'll all be the better for having such a resource available.
I want three... One to replace the original after its pages are so smudged and torn that it is no longer of use, and the third to sell so I can pay for the first two, once it becomes a collector and you can't find it any more!

[B. Dudley]

Well, this book project is going to take me a while to put together, but I am working on it.

I wanted to share what I am doing as a starting point.

What I wish to be able to do with this book is have a be all/end all when it comes to parts diagrams/lists for Parker guns. I would hope that one day it could become the standard that people refer to by way of diagrams. I plan on doing this by making sure that EVERYTHING is in one place, simply shown and easy to follow. Yet, be comprehensive in covering every variation of part over the whole span of manufacturing. I plan to cover all action types (hammer/hammerless/SBT), ejector system and likely single triggers as well.

The first thing I am having to do in this process is
create electronic vector drawings of each individual part. Then the parts can be arranged how I wish to show them in the diagrams.

Here is an example of my vector drawings for a hammerless trigger plate assembly (early style).

Hammerless Trigger Plate Assembly Old Sample.jpg