RE INDEXING SCREWS

[Richard Flanders]

Robin, you need to add something that defines "left" and "right" sides. It's different depending upon whether you have the gun right side up or upside down and with the bbls pointed away or towards you. That needs to be clearly defined.

[Bindlestiff]

OK, can someone define this for me, I don't know the answer?

[Autumn Daze]

I would say for ease of assembly and disassembly that the gun should be upside down with the barrels pointed away from you.

[Parkerman]

A quick point--a copper washer in contact with steel will cause a problem called "galvanic corrosion"- i.e., a very small electric current will be established between the two different metals causing erosion over time (yes, a long time but think Parker time)

[Bindlestiff]

Originally Posted by Dave Suponski

I would say for ease of assembly and disassembly that the gun should be upside down with the barrels pointed away from you.

So, does this mean the screw with the "-" on the end is the screw on the left when the gun is upside down and barrels pointed away? And, the side screws with the "-" on them are also the screws on the left side of the frame when the gun is seen from the same position? Or, is the "-" on the screws on the left looking from the top with the gun pointed away?

Can someone who has done this please explain which is the left side screws?

[Bindlestiff]

Can someone help me with defining how to determine what "left" is when talking about where the screws are marked with a "-"? I "assume" its left as viewed from the top with barrels pointed away for the side screws and from the bottom with the barrels pointed away for the bottom screws. Am I correct?

[Richard Flanders]

Please don't tell me I brought up a point that no one has an answer for. I've always considered it to mean when the gun is upside down with bbls pointed away from me, but I'm not sure how that coincides with the side screws; are they marked also?(I haven't had any of these out of a gun in some time). If they are, then I suppose L and R would be determined with the gun upright. Whatever is the case, it needs to be clearly defined for folks reading the FAQ who are perhaps dismantling a Parker for the first time. And regardless of which is correct, I like Austins(?) method of having a small board with a floorplate tracing and holes to put the removed screws in. I've done the same, and it represents the gun upside down.

[Bindlestiff]

I added the following to the FAQ, I hope its correct?

The "left side" references the left side of the gun while looking at the bottom of the receiver with the barrels pointed away from you.

[Dean Romig]

Robin, I think the only way to have your 'L/R, upside-down, right-side-up, barrels pointing away from or to you' questions answered correctly is to ask the true disassembly/assembly experts - the Del Gregos. I would hope they would be generous enough to set us all straight on this. I know this is their business and trade secrets are often kept very close but it would be very beneficial to the Parker gun community to know this information.

[Jim Akins]

While not wishing to become embroiled in this issue, I believe it is bottom side up, barrels pointing away, screw with the l on the left. There is a 50% chance that I am wrong, but as a point of interest the screws on the side are also marked, also the wood screws are marked for location on a straight grip gun and skeleton buttplate.