Had an unusual one the other day. 28 ga. Repro that has been shot a great deal over many years. The small dovetail plate at the back of the doll's head ripped out on the right side (makes sense). Not the plate that failed, but the lip on the barrel extension itself.
I'd always thought this was a poor way to retain the ejectors in the gun. Pocket watch parts doing punch-press work. But I've never seen such a failure before or even heard of one. Is this common in high volume Parkers?
Looks like a challenging TIG weld will be the only practical repair. Anybody else experienced this?
