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Unread 06-26-2012, 10:09 AM   #1
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I dont think it is the dolls head itself. I have been told by several "experienced collectors" of the little wedge/ insert at the back of the dolls head, that holds the ejectors in place, being the issue.
Hard to imagine but who knows for sure.
I like what Daryl said about providing some resistance to the ejectors.

I have not personally been witness to or seen a gun with this type of injury.
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I have not personally been witness to or seen a gun with this type of injury.
I have... I bought a set of Acme Steel 20 ga. barrels that came off an AHE where the doll's head had been filed to fit another gun and the doll's head metal was so thin in that area that the stop plate had begun to push the edges of the slot outward to the point that the plate would pop out very soon.... I sent the barrels back.
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File this in the FWIW dept if you want. Parker's statement that dry firing was ok was based on the fact that the firing pins are an integral part of the hammer, on the 'hammerless' guns. Any gun which has seperate firing pins, usually have springs to return the firing pin when the hammer is lifted off of them. This is true whether they are bushed firing pins, inserted into the breech face, or internal. Dry firing these guns causes excessive firing pin travel, crushing the coils of the firing pins spring over one another, eventually jamming the firing pin.
While Parker may have felt it was OK to dry fire hammerless (internal hammers) guns, I personally don't believe it's good practice. Here's my justification: If you take a shell fired from each barrel, then dry fire the gun, remove the fore end and barrels, then take a shell fired from the left barrel and hold it up to the left firing pin, ( and the same process for the right barrel) you will likely find that the base of the shell rocks, pivoting on the firing pin. It should be evident that this means the firing pin has traveled further forward than it would have, striking a new shell (or fired shell, or snap cap). So, rather than the cartridge or snap cap stopping the hammer/firing pin travel, it's the internal surfaces, such as the pin pocket, or other parts of the hammer. The simple action of the firing pin crushing the primer is, in effect, a cushioning action. If I have snap caps, I use them. I have more extractor Parkers than ejector Parkers, so I can't really comment on the effects of dry firing ejector guns, on the ejector rods, or dolls head grooves.
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