Parker gunsmith

[Bill Murphy]

The most important part of fixing a gun that won't open is trying to remember whether all the shells in it were expended. Second most important is to know that you can't remove the hinge pin without opening the gun. However, you can do thousands of dollars of damage by trying. You will get more advice here, and will probably succeed in opening the gun, and then you should send it to a good gun mechanic that some of our posters will recommend.

[Charles Dawley]

all shells were expended.....definitely want to find a good smith and not do it myself

[Charles Dawley]

Thanks, I will try what you suggest when I get home. Perhaps that is what I did to open it the first time this happened. I just remember playing around with the lever at the time. This is a two barrel set. I don't remember having any trouble with the other barrel last year when I used it frequently during grouse season.