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I was at the Vintagers in September and when shooting my 12ga I noticed the left hammer had a very light trigger pull. In fact, at one point it went off when I was just putting my finger into the 2nd trigger while moving to the second target.

So that leads me to this problem. I have taken the locks off and one is very clean, the other, the left lock, the one with the light trigger pull, was rusty/dirty.

Hopefully, in the pictures, you can see the difference.

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I did clean it up some.

It looks like the sear on the lock is worn, I'll post some pictures shortly.

(the lower picture refuses to stand upright I think I tried 10 times to upload it, even rotated the photo to no avail)
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I had a grade 0 or 1 16 gauge 30” that doubled a couple times . My gunsmith buddy took it apart and took about three strokes with a file put it back together and the problem was solved . FWIW he deepened the hammer notch .
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Jim,
the key to keeping your pictures upright is to edit them before uploading to the Parker forum, I generally just adjust the shadow and my pictures are always upright.

I'm interested in your findings, I acquired a Nichols & Lefever 8 gauge hammer gun that was doubling for me while playing around on the 5 stand at the Fall SXS

Now that gets your attention, 3 oz's of lead departing at one time

When cocking my left hammer, there's barely any confirmation of the hammer being cocked, I'm guessing the sear may be worn?

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Jim,
the key to keeping your pictures upright is to edit them before uploading to the Parker forum, I generally just adjust the shadow and my pictures are always upright.

I'm interested in your findings, I acquired a Nichols & Lefever 8 gauge hammer gun that was doubling for me while playing around on the 5 stand at the Fall SXS

Now that gets your attention, 3 oz's of lead departing at one time

When cocking my left hammer, there's barely any confirmation of the hammer being cocked, I'm guessing the sear may be worn?

Stan
You’re holding out on me I wasn’t aware you’d gotten ANOTHER big cannon
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You’re holding out on me I wasn’t aware you’d gotten ANOTHER big cannon
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GFood_sear1.jpg

Good_sear2.jpg

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Pics of worn? sear.

Thanks Stan, these posted with no problem. Craig making it look easy...
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That notch is what he filed on the one I had .
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