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paul driscoll
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Posted: Sat Aug 16th, 2008 02:44 pm |
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One of my best shooting Parker's , a 16ga. 30" DHE was in the shop at Steve Bertram's, for a bit of trigger work. But when he opened it up he found the lever had been poorly soldered and had cracked. In a quick response to my cry for help, a member here sent me two levers . However they look nothing like the one in my 1916 gun. Are these some of the changes made under the J P Hayes patent of 1910? What next?
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Cooper Smith
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Posted: Sat Aug 16th, 2008 02:59 pm |
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Everyone here knows more than I do, but the top lever on my 1916 DHE (left the factory in 1917) doesn't look exactly like any of the three examples you've shown. Differences include engraving on top of lever, concave cut at barrel extension, shape of paddle and checkering on left side of paddle. Perhaps that's not of much help, but if this is a gun you shoot a lot, I'd select which ever top lever fits best just to get it back into service. JMHO
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paul driscoll
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Posted: Sat Aug 16th, 2008 03:19 pm |
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| The levers that Eric sent me were off of a V & D grade. The "original" could of been off a V.
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Bill Murphy
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Posted: Sat Aug 16th, 2008 07:50 pm |
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| Paul, you have us at a disadvantage here. You haven't told us which one is yours (I assume it is the one that has the two part feature). In addition, you are leading us to believe that it is a matter of appearance that confounds you. The person who responded first to your question adds to that assumption. I suspect it is a matter of function that is the actual problem. What is the real story?
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Bruce Day
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Posted: Sat Aug 16th, 2008 10:04 pm |
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Remember that Parker changed the barrel assembly of the opening lever around 1917 and also changed from a flat spring to a coil spring. What you are seeing are the different types of actuation mechanism below the lever.
Good luck, Paul.
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paul driscoll
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Posted: Sat Aug 16th, 2008 11:38 pm |
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| The top pic the original is thye lever I'm holding. The middle pic the original is bottom left. The last pic the original is upper right.
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Bill Murphy
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Posted: Sun Aug 17th, 2008 12:17 am |
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| So are you having trouble finding a lever that will work or a lever that looks right?
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paul driscoll
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Posted: Sun Aug 17th, 2008 03:47 am |
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| A piece that works. That little piece in the picture broke off the original lever. Which makes it much longer in depth than the earlier levers. Personally I have never taken a Parker apart. But did find this subject in TPS VOL. I page 131.
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Posted: Sun Aug 17th, 2008 11:55 am |
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Paul, you may find that you can get you old one fixed. I don't see why that couldn't be welded. If its metal some one can fix it.
Bob
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paul driscoll
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Posted: Sun Aug 17th, 2008 02:12 pm |
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| Bob, It looks as though that may be the way to go.
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Harry Collins
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Posted: Sun Aug 17th, 2008 03:15 pm |
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Paul,
A good tool and die man will weld the old one back for you. Look in the phone book and make some calls.
Harry
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paul driscoll
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Posted: Sun Aug 17th, 2008 05:13 pm |
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| Hold the phone, I just got a call from Eric. He came up with a late style lever. It will be here this week. I'll keep you posted.. Thanks to all. Paul
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