break down of hammer gun

[charlie cleveland]

it was raining tonite so after supper i decided to tackle the old 8 ga...i already had the side plate off so i took off 3 screws and the trigger sear came off pretty easy ..i then took the sear out to my shop and got me a small hammer and pair of pliars..i held the sear with the pliars and laid it up on my anvil and went to peening the part..the sear is a heat treated piece thus caution must be used when hammering on it...after peening it to desired lengthwhich was not much iu then cleaned it up with a file...i then put the side plate back together the trigger cocked and held. i then put it back together so the gun is ready to go turkey hunting now..thanks to brian and his really good info on the break down of these old hammer guns the old parker is back in service... charlie