doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGun BBS @ doublegunshop.com Calling all Parker Repro SINGLE TRIGGER owners!

Part of this from the DT Repro post.

Larry, it sounds like the SST posts above had dirty trigger problems , mostly, if they had any at all. I think I may have the answer for your gun. I have hunted Iowa, well I was born there and only recently , after 55 seasons, missed a season. I think your gun's problem was that you and your dog walk in the high brush, corn fields, and horse weeds and little flakes of those things, with related dust , got into your single trigger and fouled it. You need to walk on the edges of weed patches and let your buddies bust the weeds.

Might need a new SST expert, too, or read Baer's Parker book on disassembly of the Parker and use a soft brush and or compressed air to get the junk out of the SST. A tiny drop of oil in the SST helps , too.

1. Not much chance of that.

2. Every God Damn Day!

3. I think that ship already sailed.

I was being a bit facetious in that sentence, since I think we all agree that DT's are inherently more reliable than ST's. However, having read this BB for quite some time, and others that focus on fine guns, and having solicited comments about SKB and BSS triggers for articles I've written, I'd have to say that the Repro SST appears to be more problematic than those on other sxs (such as the SKB, BSS, and Winchester 21, to name a few--and I think Beretta could be included as well). So why is it somehow unfair to state that some people report problems with the Parker SST?

Because it causes unnecessary concern. Problems that can be fixed with a good cleaning is not a problem. It's only a problem with those with a bad case of the dumb ass.

Don, most guys--not possessing a set of good gunsmith screwdrivers--don't want to disassemble a Repro to clean it themselves. (And certainly shouldn't without good screwdrivers, or maybe even WITH good screwdrivers.) Therefore, it IS a problem--to the same degree that British sportscars were "problems" because they spent a fair amount of time in the shop. There too, the problems may have been minor, and the cars were a heck of a lot of fun to drive, but if you weren't an amateur mechanic yourself, somebody else had to work on them.

So as I see it, it'd be "dumb ass" (and dishonest) on my part, as a writer, not to mention that you're more likely to have a Parker Repro SST worked on than, say, an SKB SST. And considering that there are about 5x as many SKB sxs out there as Repros, that puts the issue in some perspective. And speaking of SKB's, it's like warning the owners of those guns that they need to make sure the through-bolt is tight or they may end up with cracks in the head of the stock. Minor problem, yes . . . but common enough to merit mention. Those are exactly the kinds of things writers SHOULD point out.

With all due respect Larry, if the Parker Repro SST is a faulty design and/or was poorly manufactured, you and other gun writers have every right and a responsibility to your readers to warn them of this, but to state repeatedly that Parker Repro SST guns are problematic without qualification is, I believe, irresponsible.

It's one thing to report Parker Repro SST guns are potentially problematic if there is a real problem---it's a totally different thing to report that Parker Repro SST guns are problematic if a fix to the problem is a strip and clean.

Well stated, Bam.
Larry, can you not see the forest for the trees? We are tired of hearing it. If you must keep on reporting these "problems with the PR SST, at least state that in 90+ % of the time a good cleaning will fix it.

original parker single trigger guns are notorious for malfunctioning. so, why not the repros?

I don't know Ed but the one you have listed looks real good!!!!
I was thinking it over!!!

I believe that I HAVE stated that problems are usually minor. Heck, I even mention that SKB owners--less problematic than Repros--occasionally report doubling, usually when they use heavy loads. So it's not like I'm picking on Repro SST's. Once more, guys, I really LIKE the guns!

I would note that the thread on DT Repros does not include ANY reports of trigger issues--not even if the guns only required cleaning. So defend Repro SST's all you want . . . it would appear they are not as problem-free as the DT guns. And unlike those looking for SKB's or BSS's (except the sidelock), if you're seeking out a Repro, you have the option of buying a DT gun--thus avoiding ALL issues associated with SST's.