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I posted my reply well before Ted posted the pic. That's NOT operator error... but I have never heard of Repros doing that before this thread.
And I've only owned 5 or 6 Repros... The world is full of surprises. I have maintained across about three different threads on this topic that I do not believe this is an epidemic. I believe that the material that Winchester model 21s are built of, which, is 4140 Chromoly, is difficult to wet in a soldering operation, and, as a result, they pop ribs and for-end loops regularly. Perhaps there is an issue with the steel the Repops are made of that causes something similar, but, brazing a lump back in place is going to be far more traumatic than silver soldering ribs or a loop in place. There exist many Parker repros that have been at work for years and have no issues. I will say that the single trigger delivered in the Repro needs to be worked on most of the time, from what I have seen. That might be more of an opinion, but, the single trigger is usually a bit crunchy. But, that is a relatively easy fix. I have seen three Parker Repro guns with this issue. It gets your attention the same way seeing a bad wreak happen does, and leaves a pit in your stomach for the guy who owns it and a big question on how much a repair will cost, or, if it is even feasible. Best Ted It might have something to do with the fact that the Parker Repros were made by Winchester in their Kodensha plant where some of the other Winchester models were made... same plant, same materials, same processes...??
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an as for repairin dim packers or any udder double gon havin a loose or disconnected breech block...
1. pack the barrels with Brownells heat sink paste, to protect whatever is holding the barrels together...
2. tin the barrels and breech block with lead/tin solder...
3. clamp it...
4. heat with propane torch? and solder it awl back together...
5. if this works, re blue barrels to make it look good...
6. if this don't work, try the opposite...
space age epoxy, that only works when frozen... That may actually be the most useless post I have ever read. "If this don't work". Did you get that from Master Gunsmith Ed Lander?
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I posted my reply well before Ted posted the pic. That's NOT operator error... but I have never heard of Repros doing that before this thread.
And I've only owned 5 or 6 Repros... The world is full of surprises. I have maintained across about three different threads on this topic that I do not believe this is an epidemic. I believe that the material that Winchester model 21s are built of, which, is 4140 Chromoly, is difficult to wet in a soldering operation, and, as a result, they pop ribs and for-end loops regularly. Perhaps there is an issue with the steel the Repops are made of that causes something similar, but, brazing a lump back in place is going to be far more traumatic than silver soldering ribs or a loop in place. There exist many Parker repros that have been at work for years and have no issues. I will say that the single trigger delivered in the Repro needs to be worked on most of the time, from what I have seen. That might be more of an opinion, but, the single trigger is usually a bit crunchy. But, that is a relatively easy fix. I have seen three Parker Repro guns with this issue. It gets your attention the same way seeing a bad wreak happen does, and leaves a pit in your stomach for the guy who owns it and a big question on how much a repair will cost, or, if it is even feasible. Best Ted It might have something to do with the fact that the Parker Repros were made by Winchester in their Kodensha plant where some of the other Winchester models were made... same plant, same materials, same processes...?? We discussed this on another thread I think, but the repos were not made by Winchester. Winchester had nothing to do with the manufacturing of the gun. The guns were made by Kodensha. The only way Winchester was involved was because they used Winchester's importing/exporting license to get them exported in the beginning. So, they put Winchester's name on the guns.
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I strongly disagree with you Jimmy W.
It was in the Winchester factory in Kodensha Japan where the Repros were manufactured and the Parker Reproduction project had to be shut down so that Winchester could put more focus on other Winchester models they needed the space for.
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I strongly disagree with you Jimmy W.
It was in the Winchester factory in Kodensha Japan where the Repros were manufactured and the Parker Reproduction project had to be shut down so that Winchester could put more focus on other Winchester models they needed the space for. DAM16SXS and Jimmy, you have it all wrong, = All the guns manufactured in the Kodensha plant were stopped. The Reason, the plant was ''SOLD'', TORN DOWN and a Golf Driving Range was built there. So their you have it, it was ''Golfer's that killed the manufacture of Parker Repro's. Dirty Harry
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I strongly disagree with you Jimmy W.
It was in the Winchester factory in Kodensha Japan where the Repros were manufactured and the Parker Reproduction project had to be shut down so that Winchester could put more focus on other Winchester models they needed the space for. DAM16SXS and Jimmy, you have it all wrong, = All the guns manufactured in the Kodensha plant were stopped. The Reason, the plant was ''SOLD'', TORN DOWN and a Golf Driving Range was built there. So their you have it, it was ''Golfer's that killed the manufacture of Parker Repro's. Dirty Harry This is true. JR
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I strongly disagree with you Jimmy W.
It was in the Winchester factory in Kodensha Japan where the Repros were manufactured and the Parker Reproduction project had to be shut down so that Winchester could put more focus on other Winchester models they needed the space for. GOOGLE: shootingsportman.com/parkerrepro/
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"The Parker Reproduction Story"-------The article was written by Dave Travillion. Go down where it says--"Winchester Repeating Arms Division never was involved with Parker Reproduction shotguns." It says, they only used Winchester's importing license. That is why they put the name WINCHESTER on the gun.
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I strongly disagree with you Jimmy W.
It was in the Winchester factory in Kodensha Japan where the Repros were manufactured and the Parker Reproduction project had to be shut down so that Winchester could put more focus on other Winchester models they needed the space for. DAM16SXS and Jimmy, you have it all wrong, = All the guns manufactured in the Kodensha plant were stopped. The Reason, the plant was ''SOLD'', TORN DOWN and a Golf Driving Range was built there. So their you have it, it was ''Golfer's that killed the manufacture of Parker Repro's. Dirty Harry That wasn't until AFTER 12,225 guns were produced. Read the article.
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