Hinge Pin not Engraved/Finished

[TxHuntermn]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Serial no. 5548 began the new recessed style of hinge pin, or pintle.



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Dean, my $125 grade 10 bore lifter is gun 5392, and is a “hinge pin” gun. My gun also does not show a “pin” in the false rib extension like Jeff’s!

So!! Do I own the earliest known “hinge pin” gun??.

[edgarspencer]

Whether it's the original hinge pin or not, I couldn't speculate, but someone has knocked it out somewhat.

[Jeffrey H. Smith]

Thank you all for your replies.....

I knew there was improvement to the hinge pin design and finishing at some point, just didn't know when that occurred. So thanks for that detail Dean, although maybe you'll have a different answer for that question in the future considering Mark's gun.

And thanks Brian for confirming the pin in my gun is period correct for that era of Parker's as you have examined my gun first hand.

Though I'd hoped my post would have generated some discussion on the other points in it, at least it revealed for Mark that his gun may hold some significance in the timeline of Parker redesigning the hinge pin.

[edgarspencer]

Originally Posted by edgarspencer

Whether it's the original hinge pin or not, I couldn't speculate, but someone has knocked it out somewhat.

To clarify what I said above, and hope you weren't offended, the hinge pin has been pushed out, and judging from the peened over right side, some difficulty was encountered putting it (or a replacement) back in. Each end is intended to be flush.
These pictures, taken from the Grade section of the home page, illustrate what I'm trying to say. In your second picture, above, it's apparent it is recessed somewhat, meaning it was not reinstalled properly. Not a complicated fix.