Clean her up and take her to bed every now and then

 

my experiences have been with MX's but would still apply:
-keep hinge pins greased for each use
-small amount of grease on breach bites where locking bolt fastens
-small amount of grease on tip of cocking bar and forearm iron where they meet up with receiver.
-above needed for each reassembly when gun taken apart & cased after shooting.
-annually (if you shoot a lot)have receiver stripped of all parts and clean, ie: firing pins, firing pin springs, firing pin holes, ejector trip rods and holes, and underside of cocking bar and dove tail that it fits into, remove ejector & spring and clean all parts including interior of receiver.
-When reassembling the receiver parts lightly grease the locking bolt sliding surfaces and rotating portion and tip of the top lever and ejector.
-other than that the normal exterior wipe down of all external metal surfaces to keep metal finish bright and periodic inspection of the trigger group for possible debris / wear. Occasionally check trigger pull with scale to insure proper function-trigger pull weight.
-Note: some folks are comfortable doing all above themselves or have your gunsmith do the annual cleaning. As for what type of grease- a "high pressure/high temp type, several out there for sale, I use STOS- available from Ponsness Warren and they recommend it for some of the lube points on their reloaders.

 

Very good advice was given in the post above. My TMX was built in 1982 and I bought it used in 1987 and have many many targets through it. I have had several locking block rebuilds and had Philip fix the firing pin hole. Other than that the only real problem was keeping the release trigger in tune. I have a spare release trigger just in case. Good Shooting to you.

 

Grease, clean, grease, clean. A little oil on the moving parts of the trigger, ejector trip rods, ejectors and cocking rods. 330,000 rounds through my 1976 MX8. One locking block, half dozen hammer springs, one right ejector ... that's it. One thing I have religiously done is to rub a film of grease (always Super Lube) on the breech face. I have little wear around the firing pin holes. What a gun.

 

With some proper cleaning, lubrication and gentle handling a Perazzi will outlast most of us. The stuff that wears can always be rebuilt and go for another million rounds. I only wish they could make a dog that would last that long.

 

This ones getting the treatment .

 

Now I'm going to ask who is a good maintenance "Gun smith" to mail the receiver to during the off season?

 

Braker or Giacamo. Hve them rebuild it incl refit the locking block

 

Never heard complains on Braker or Giacomo, but don't forget Lucio either.

From what I saw/understood, Perazzi was designed around heavy usage and easy maintenance by it's owner. And easy rebuild if needed.

Unless you think you are smarter than Perazzi, want to "improve/modify" your gun, follow common sense and you won't do harm to your gun.

 

Giacomo if i ask nicely Can give it a once over at the PA State shoot then .

 

Here is a link to a Q&A I did with Dan from Giacomo's. He explains how to care for your Perazzi and specifically where to oil and/or grease the gun. I hope this helps!

Dean

 

My TMX was bought new '83, the dealer, Bill Poole Skeet & Trap, sent it to Tom Seitz prior to delivery. I have registered over 250,000 ATA targets and a whole lot of non registered birds since. Giacomo serviced the gun every year at The Grand and his son in law since his retirement. I have had 3 top levers & bolts replaced over the years. I had the block notches reshaped about 6 yr.s ago. Springs and firing pins replaced annually. Giacomo told me that his grandson (yet to be born) would be working on the gun if I continued to take care of it. It locks up like a new gun.

 

Lucio Sosta just did one of mine! I could not have been more satisfied with the job or the price! The wait wasnt bad either !