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My experience on screw alignment has been the same as Jim's. When a screw is overtightened it not only bespeaks a careless heavy hand lacking in attention to detail but can have an adverse effect on the operation of the gun. An example of this would be overtightening the trigger plate tang screw causing malfunctioning of the triggers.
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Overtightening of screws has caused many a Hunter One Trigger to go haywire as well! Of course that trigger is more sensitive than most, it's about as sensitive as a 14 year old girl, and I'm quailified to say that with three daughters ages 23, 24 and 26. I've been there, I've lived it and I have stories. Jerry
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Tang Screw
My own experience with the five Parkers that I have used regularly at trap skeet and five stand for the last ten years is about one turn per thousand shots. This varies by plus or minus a half turn among the individual guns but is a good rule of thumb.
Be a little lenient with exposed hammer guns. Minute changes in the stock and fore end wood can (apparently?) cause thirty degree changes in the top tang or fore end latch screws. I have had two apparently perfect hammer screws loose heads due to metal fatigue. I am looking for a supplier of unbrako screws to use modern 4 40 screws when shooting them. Best, Austin |
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Thanks everybody. Is there any fix for the heavy handed over-torqued screws?
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okay, coffee wiped off the screen. That was a chuckle. But, seriously..........
Cheers, Jack
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I would imagine it could be done with a very light application of spray weld on the underside of the screw heads and then refit them.
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09-30-2010, 11:15 AM | #10 | ||||||
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Try a little Teflon tape, takes a little time to figure out how much but it works.
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