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 dont 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.
Larry,
If you are uncomfortable with gun screws and gun screwdrivers, admitting it is the first step. Good.
Im not uncomfortable with either.
My point, which you have missed about three times now, is that bushed strikers are far less important on a Holland pattern sidelock, then they are on an A&D boxlock.
Changing strikers in an A&D boxlock, with disc set strikers, assuming you have the tool, or in a Holland pattern sidelock, assuming you can run a screwdriver, competently, is about the same level of difficulty. Not hard.
That would appear to be a hell of an assumption on this board. Dewey was right.
Integral strikers/tumblers, as used on many boxlocks, are a great idea, until they break. Then, you are down. The two broken integral strikers I have been around were both Webleys, by the way. They both broke in the middle of hunting trips.
The post was about the sidelock BSS, and somehow we ended up with a bunch of rot about Parkers, and Parker repros, and what they sell for. Which, is a stupid path to go down, because those guns sell for the money they do based on collector interest. If you want a sidelock action to hunt with, that doesnt break the bank, and has a great reputation, with actual gunsmiths, for being well built and bulletproof, you are going to look hard to find one that beats the BSS, on any criteria save collectibility. Which, may or may not change in the future.
The Spanish guns, have been recognized as a dice roll for a very long time now, at any level. Ive rolled those dice, and didnt lose, but, Im done with that. You arent going to get a Spanish sidelock for a whole lot less than the Browning. But, you might just get internal parts that look like the spring in the blog Dewey posted. Evidence of my point, that is lacking on the Japanese Browning sidelock, by the way.
Nobody with skin in the game feels that it is hit or miss with the BSS sidelock. I guess if I needed a longer LOP or more open chokes, I would do it. I hate altering guns, but, I hate it less than a gun that doesnt fit. But, as it is, I dont have to do either. Having a gun built to fit would cost way more than the Browning, and I can use it as is, thankfully.
I wish you good luck with the Spanish gun. Shoot it in good health. It would seem jOe is over his SXS double phase, the sleevers won.
Best,
Ted
