Wyoming Arms Parker came in for repair.

[TonyRumore]

I had a guy in his 70's bring in a 5" Parker 10mm for repair the other day.  He said it just came apart while he was shooting it and he took the pieces to a local gunsmith for re-assembly.  When he picked it up, the gunsmith told him it was unsafe to fire......then he came to me for a second opinion.

The first thing I noticed was the slide was not completely forward into battery and the barrel was mostly unlocked from the slide (tilted downward at the rear)  Even with the barrel unlocked, the hammer would fall when the trigger was pulled.  Upon dis-assembly and further inspection, I found the following issues:

1.  Slide stop plunger and spring missing.
2.  Extractor is for a 9mm, not a 10mm and the spring is cut off short.
3.  The recoil spring is very light and both ends are cut off.
4.  The recoil spring guide is chewed all to hell and preventing the slide from going completely forward.

I recut the extractor and installed a heavy duty spring under it, replaced the recoil spring, machined a new spring guide, installed a new slide stop plunger/spring, welded up and recut the disconnector and welded up and modified the ejector.

The thing runs perfectly now and the hammer won't drop with the barrel unlocked.

I'm not very familiar with these guns, but it sure seemed to have a LOT of issues...I just don't know if they were all related to sloppy gunsmithing or if the factory guns had problems.

Tony Rumore
Tromix

P.S.  I found it interesting that this is the only gun he owns and uses/needs it for personal protection from the meth heads in his trailer park. 

[PCFlorida]

Sounds like he brought it to the right man. Nice job!

[Trapper6L]

I never heard of one so I went to Google to look one up. The 7" version is identical to an AMT Automag III. Even the printed name uses the same exact font, the grips are identical, safety is in the same location, hammer, trigger, frame, everything is identical. I wonder if AMT made the guns for Wyoming Arms?

[TonyRumore]

I was thinking the same thing, since they really resemble the AMT line.  The Parker has some odd features though....the ejector is spring loaded and floats up and down inside the frame, so there is no cut out at the back of the slide to clear it.  The extractor is also in the side of the slide like a Springfield Omega.  If you google up some pics of the rear of the Parker slide, you'll see it's completely smooth and devoid of any cut outs for the ejector or extractor.

Tony

[Ten2six]

I've came across two of these in the last  couple of years and passed on both. One of them was $400, I had to restrain myself and glad I did. They are kinda homely and everything I've read about them made me glad I didn't give in.

[The_Shadow]

Great work Tony, taking care of the old dude's Wyoming Parker firearm.  Sounds like you were able to learn from the process and get the thing right for him!  Awesome! 

[BEEMER!]

I was thinking the same thing, since they really resemble the AMT line.  The Parker has some odd features though....the ejector is spring loaded and floats up and down inside the frame, so there is no cut out at the back of the slide to clear it.  The extractor is also in the side of the slide like a Springfield Omega.  If you google up some pics of the rear of the Parker slide, you'll see it's completely smooth and devoid of any cut outs for the ejector or extractor.

Tony

Wyoming Parker Arms was started by a former AMT Employee who was in sales.  His name escapes me right now but I will find it and report back.

ADDED LATER

The guy who started Parker was Greg Market.  I know he worked for AMT and I believe it was in sales.  Tony, you might remember that name from your involvement with Auto Mags.

Greg owned just about every AMT gun ever made with the Serial #24.  They all came for sale several years ago.

[sqlbullet]

Apparently a lot of the reliability issue was due to the wonky floating ejector.  Not that it didn't work fine, but that it would escape without the operator noticing when taking the gun down for cleaning.  And on re-assembly the gun would no longer work right, but no one would know why.

[speedytaco]

Tony I was wondering if you could go into more detail into how exactly you modified the ejector and extractor? Also maybe some more info on the recoil spring? I just got one and want to make it nice and reliable. Thanks

[Kenk]

Nice job Tony

[CERJ]

Purchased new, do not remember the date, fires fine still.

[The_Shadow]

Nice!