Single trigger repair?
Hi fellas,
I've a shooting friend with an 1898 Parker VHE, straight-grip 12 ga. with their later in-house version of single selective trigger as pictured on Pg. 142 (Fig. 4-28) of 'TPS'.
In short, the gun is doubling, if only infrequently. It does not appear to be a matter of trigger mech. cleaning, as that was done by myself who flushed it out with a mild solvent, carefully chased that out with low-pressure air, and applied just a drop or two of light Rem-Oil with air, and re-assembled. The gun went almost 100 rounds before doubling again while shooting, and the owner and myself are not even sure at this point whether it is trigger-related at all. Loads used have all been low-pressure, 1 oz. payloads.
I say that because with snap-caps in place, we have not been able to get it to double-fire after a couple of hundred attempts regardless of what position the selector is in (either fore, or aft). IOW, it works perfectly when done from your easy-chair, which has us wondering if it is rather a weak sear engagement that's infrequently jarring off only when live ammo is involved.
My two-part question is this: a) Any experienced recommendations out there for gunsmiths qualified to work on this later style of Parker trigger, should it come to that?......and b) any experienced recommendations for someone who could assess and address the sear/hammer possibility, should it be that? Just looking for your experiences with similar problems and how you got them resolved. This gun of his is an original, factory two-barreled set and it's killing him to have it out of commission.
Appreciative of anything you might have to share.....Rob
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