New Guy with old Parker

[Brad Kuhn]

Thanks guys for sticking with this problem.

John, I watched the video showing the barrels being removed. The gun he had is very similar to mine. One thing I noticed from that video is that his firing pins were visible on disassembly whereas mine are not visible.

J A, I followed your suggestion too. My triggers would not snap; they are frozen in place and will not move backward or forward at all. However, the barrels did suddenly come off, and I don't know why. I am not sure where the "small metal lever" is, but I assumed it is the small metal tab in the slot, directly down from and between the firing pins. I pushed hard on that tab, but it did not move. I tried pushing a few other likely candidates in that slot but nothing moved. I also tried moving the safety, and that had no affect either.

Brad

[John Knobelsdorf II]

Releasing the top lever, here is how Parker Brothers describes it:

https://parkerguns.org/forums/attach...5&d=1623103172

https://parkerguns.org/forums/attach...6&d=1623103172

See the next to last paragraph of the upper hangtag (the brown one, not the yellow one).

Your description suggests to me that you found the right spot. Labeled “TRIP” on the pictures of the hangtag.

And if the firing pins are not visible, that suggests the hammers are cocked back. “Hammerless” (so called) Parker Brothers guns do not have a floating firing pin. The pin is on the hammer.

# 2 on this diagram. https://parkerguns.org/images/tech_2.jpg

# 1 & # 2 on this picture. https://parkerguns.org/images/parts.jpg

Hard to imagine but not impossible for pins to have been filed down.

[Brad Kuhn]

John,

Thanks for the diagrams. They are helpful. Seems to me that the "trip" pin we are talking about is part #20 which is depressed by the cam on the barrel when it closes. The bottom of #20 must slide down into a recess when it is hit from above, allowing the top lever to swing back to center. It may be that debris has gotten under #20 preventing it from depressing fully. I am just arm waving here, and I don't really know what the part numbers in question are or what happens. Tomorrow, I will make a tool to slide under that tab to possibly clear any debris. Barring success with that, next stop is a gunsmith.

Brad

[J. A. EARLY]

Brad,

My fault. You are correct that you cannot snap the triggers to disengage the barrels because with the lever over to the right, the safety reset rod keeps you from pushing the safety off and snapping the triggers.

You have, I think, found the problem. The trip is stuck and will not go down. Again, push down on it after putting a drop of penetrating oil on it. The trip slides down on a pin that fits inside it and has a spring in the hole inside it to push it into the opening lever. Just hold the stock and the lever open while you push down on the part near the breech in the slot where the barrel lug would go. What happens if you close the barrels with a little force? The trip should go down; but maybe there is something under it like a primer or shot. Shine a light in there and you should be able to see if there is something under there holding the trip up from going down.