Originally Posted By: Ted Schefelbein
Originally Posted By: HomelessjOe
Mr.Ted...don't it just kill you that Larry Brown is smarter than you.


Good lord, Larry, you would actually find it easier to repair a striker in a sidelock that had a hand detachable lock plate, versus one with a screw?

Much easier? Are you sure? Have you done it? It is a piece of cake, assuming you have the RIGHT screwdriver, and, know which end to use.

The process is night and day different between an A&D boxlock and a Holland Pattern sidelock was my point, which, seems to have gone right over your head.

Smallbore Parkers look “pregnant” to me. They are oddly proportioned. The single triggers are hit or miss on the repros.

I really don’t care what the market says.

That said, if jOe comes to visit you in Wisconsin, the cumulative IQ in Wisconsin and Tennessee will both go down.


If you got any, keep him away from your screwdrivers.

Best,
Ted


Well Ted, I have removed the locks from various hand-detachable sidelocks . . . with no tools whatsoever. And not having the right screwdriver means it's always quite possible to bugger a screw. Not a good thing on a relatively expensive gun.

So is it easier on an H&H patent sidelock than on a boxlock with bushings? Not sure about that, if you have the proper tool to remove the bushing. Certainly harder on either a Parker Repro or a Webley & Scott 700 . . . but I had a pair of A&N boxlocks made by Webley with disc-set strikers and the tool to pull the discs . . . and found striker replacement fairly easy.

Comparing prices on 28ga Repros to 20ga BSS Sidelocks simply means there are more people willing to pay more for the Repro. Maybe because it has about a half pound weight advantage over the BSS. Or maybe because for the price of an original Parker 28, you could buy several BSS Sidelocks.