I was having a conversation with a good friend about this thread yesterday and his theory on why some SST Parker Repros have issues while others do not is that these guns were built in the mid to late eighties and were then marketed over a 10 to 15 year period of time--some even longer. Those that were sold early on and used experienced very few, if any, problems; while others were warehoused for a relatively long period of time and it was these guns that had the issues caused by oil which had dried over this several year period of time. His perceptive comments regarding SST Repros makes alot of sense.
Whether a particular SST Repro has experienced a problem or not, all SST Repros values have been diminished by all the negative press. Whether these negative reports were justifiably and subjectively reported or not, is really a pity as these are great guns. Having said that, given a choice, I'd prefer my S x S's to have DT's, but here in America I would have to believe that I am in the minority.
