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Had a regular customer, a good guy, com in the shop with an older parker with Damascus barrels in 20ga. He could not get the top lever to move. It would not budge! I messed around with it for quite a while to no avail. To make a long story short, I got it apart and working again. My question is, how the hell would YOU have gotten it apart? Remember, the top lever would not move and was covering the top tang screw which held the trigger assembly in place. SDH I need a comment from you It is these kinds of things that make life interesting. (That and 22wrf) Jim Kobe 10841 Oxborough Ave So Bloomington MN 55437 952.884.6031 Professional member American Custom Gunmakers Guild | ||
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I have no idea but I guess you could take the forend and buttsock off and release sumptin from the underside? Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.  What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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Therin lies the problem; the butstock and trigger plate would not come off because of the screw through the top tang into the trigger plate that was under the top lever. Jim Kobe 10841 Oxborough Ave So Bloomington MN 55437 952.884.6031 Professional member American Custom Gunmakers Guild | |||
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A REALLY BIG HAMMER. Now you know why I don't do gun repairs. | |||
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I don't really know what answer you are expecting, since you solved the problem; but I dealt with a "locked-up" 16 gauge M21 Win that had not been looked at for about thirty years. I sprayed solvent under the lever and through the trigger and gently worked the lever. Fortunately it was "locked-up" by hardened grease, and the solvent and gentle (?) tapping eventually loosed it up. Opened like a charm, and the inside was not all rusted like I expected. I think the grease had oxidized but protected the action from neglect. With all the guns in "collections" that are not used these days, I wonder if this will be more common? Roger | |||
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A fire hatchet would have had it apart and open in nothing flat!  _______________________________________________________________________________ This is my rifle, there are many like it but this one is mine. My rifle is my best friend, it is my life. | |||
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