Larry, it seems that you are the one who has had the most problems. Few if any others have had much or any problems.
You are the one who continues to spread the over stated story that the Parker Reproduction SST has problems. Why don't you tone it down? Everyone is tired of hearing it!
Same goes for the "big stock breakage problem" that you spread about!
Don, you really ought to try being a gun writer some day. Here's the way it works: If you only say good things about a gun, then it's a "puff piece", the maker probably gave you one, or at least a significant kickback to say only good things. If you mention any issues with a gun--and if you read all 4 pages, you will find quite a few people who have had to send their SST Repro to a gunsmith--then you're being overly critical. And in your case, I can count on you putting me in the "overly critical" category in the case of any gun made by the Gods of the Great Red W. Don, do you face east and pray to Winchester 5 times a day?
Re stock breakage, I haven't mentioned that issue in quite some time, mainly because I think nearly all the Repro stocks that were likely to break because of poorly laid-out grain have already done so. But maybe 3 years ago, I bought a 2-barrel 28ga set from a well-respected dealer who specializes in doubles. I asked him about the wood. He said it was decent but not as "showy" as some Repro stocks--at which point he added that some of those showy stocks are no longer in one piece. So I'm scarcely the Lone Ranger on that issue.
The funny thing is, I really LIKE Repros. If you read the Ithaca Classic Doubles thread, you'll find me defending them. But that does not mean I'll gloss over potential problems.
And note I've started a thread on DT Repros, just to see whether we find as many trigger issues as we do with SST Repros. If we don't . . . well then, the only conclusion to draw is that the DT Repro is more reliable. Too bad they didn't make more Repros with DT, because after all, way more original Parkers had DT.
