Little Technical Advice needed

[Dean Romig]

A word of caution... Before attempting to fit Repro barrels to an original Parker or any barrels from one Parker to another, be it an original or Repro Remove The Cocking Hook From The Barrel Lug First!!

[Autumn Daze]

So...Mr. Romig.....You really have learned that lesson...?

[edgarspencer]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

A word of caution... Before attempting to fit Repro barrels to an original Parker or any barrels from one Parker to another, be it an original or Repro Remove The Cocking Hook From The Barrel Lug First!!

Because they won't always un-latch?

[Bill Murphy]

That's it, Edgar. I tried barrels on Parkers for nearly fifty years before getting one stuck. However, it was truly stuck.

[edgarspencer]

That's what I figured, because to this day I remember how terrified I was when I took the 30" tubes off my dad's CHE and put them on his 26" BHE.
I was down in the gun room and he was upstairs. Shear panic. Fortunately, the gun would open fully, so there was adequate room to remove the hook screw, poke it out, and get them off.
That was probably 40 years ago, but I surely will never forget those 10 minutes seeing my short life pass before my eyes.

Someone asked me if the 26" tubes went on the CHE OK. Having narrowly dodged a horrible death, I never got that far. I can't remember if I ever fessed up to my dad, but since there was no harm in the end, I bet I didn't.

[Bill Murphy]

The "Dad" thing gives me the creeps. When I got a set of fluid steel barrels stuck on my favorite GH 20 gauge, there was no Dad around, but I still got chills thinking about what I had done. I could not get the screw exposed, so I had to take it to someone who could solve the problem. Russ Bickel got me out of my misery and I thank him for his sympathy and skill.