Originally Posted by DAM16SXS
Originally Posted by Ted Schefelbein
Originally Posted by DAM16SXS
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.