My Parker is "doubling"

[John McComb]

I have a Parker GH made in 1926. Every now and then it "doubles" when pulling first trigger. Any ideas on how to fix this problem?

[B. Dudley]

Could be any number of issues.

First way to always address issues like this is to do a complete cleaning and inspection for signs of damaged parts.

[John McComb]

Thanks Brian. I will call you next week and see if you can work on it for me.

[Harry Collins]

My precious little 20 gauge Trojan was doubling and my heart sank. I took it apart and found a piece goop on the sear. Once the action was cleaned the little Parker marches on without a hiccup.

[John McComb]

Thanks for the input Harry. It just started doing this while dove hunting this week-end. Never had a bit of trouble prior. I hope a good cleaning will fix it.

The past few months I have been squirting a little Rem Oil on the firing pins after shooting skeet. I wonder if that seeped into the trigger group mechanism and gunked it up?

[winplumber]

I would not put oil in there that way its just going to soak into the head of the stock

[B. Dudley]

Oil in the firing pin holes is not good.

[John McComb]

Thanks for the input Brian. Do you think this was a cause of the doubling?

John

[B. Dudley]

No. I am just saying that putting oil down the firing pin holes is not good because it does nothing but go right into the wood and lead to eventual deterioration of the wood.

[John McComb]

Thanks Brian. I appreciate your help.