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01-29-2021, 09:18 PM | #3 | ||||||
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Or a bit of the spring is broken off.
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01-30-2021, 02:44 AM | #4 | ||||||
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Checking this again, the slack is probably in the linkage as Brian mentioned. One other Parker of mine shows some slack and another doesn't. Looking at parts diagrams and at a Parker I have the stock off of indicates the issue is likely the spring plunger/top lever recess having wear in the recess, the plunger tip or both. I suppose the plunger could have a broken tip, or the spring is weak or broke as Dean mentioned, too. It does not seem to affect function, so I won't worry about for now.
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01-30-2021, 06:52 AM | #5 | ||||||
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What is the year of manufacture on the subject gun?
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01-31-2021, 03:52 AM | #6 | ||||||
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1926. With the barrels off and the bolt gets full travel, there is no slack.
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01-31-2021, 09:20 AM | #7 | ||||||
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Ok. So this is the later top lever design.
So my thoughts about multiple wear points does not really apply. On the later guns the top lever directly engages the bolt and uses a coil spring driven plunger to apply pressure to the lever.
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02-02-2021, 08:31 PM | #8 | ||||||
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I had the same issue with an 1897 16 ga. 0 frame Damascus gun built for quail hunting according to the PGCA letter. When I had a qualified 'smith examine it he noted that the original top lever return spring had been replaced with a home-made one that was a tiny bit shorter and had in all likelihood not been tempered properly; definitely not factory work.
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