Parker Internal Hammer Sidelock Gun

[Harry Sanders]

Originally Posted by Brian Dudley

Must have been a gunsmith that was doing hammerless conversions on Parker hammer guns. I wonder who it was.

Very interesting indeed.

Similar in some ways to a cocking rod Lefever.

Agreed Brian,

Hanging sears are Lefeveresque for sure as is the cocking mechanism except for Coil springs!

[Bill Murphy]

I have a hard time telling that the Smith gun was once a hammer gun. However, since A.P. Curtis was a plant superintendent at Hunter Arms, and extremely talented, it is not hard to believe that he built these conversions, both at Hunter and Parker Brothers. Oh, by the way, where is that letter on the Parker conversion? I am interested and my $40 is in the mail. OH! I forgot. We are a research facility and all this information will appear in the next post. I don't need to send in $40.