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Originally Posted by Dean Romig
Larry, this may be true only of Parkers but snap caps are entirely unnecessary when dropping the "hammers" as the conical noses (firing pins) drop into conical recesses in the frame and don't stress them at all when dropped on empty chambers.
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Thank you, Dean, for that clear explanation. I also found an image in the PCGA site of a firing pin among the receiver components, showing the conical form behind the pin. What a fine example of Parker engineering!
A related question: Store the gun cocked? or make a habit of dry-firing both barrels?
And my further question that ties to storing cocked or dry-fired: What mis-steps prior to takedown can lead to the unfortunate condition of the ejector spring mechanism in the forend become uncocked and thus needing to be manually cocked before the forend can be reassembled to the barrel and receiver?
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