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Originally Posted by Dan Steingraber
That's a lovely gun. I don't remember seeing a top lever like that.
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The 1873 was first of the E. Remington “Lifter” series that predates the later rebounding hammer models. When lifting the lever to open the action a tab adjacent to the hammers moves the hammers back to the first sear engagement, removing the spring tension and retracting the fireing pins. Beyond that hammer position is the half cock and full cock positions. The later models of the “Lifter” series employed rebounding hammers. The sliding piece at the top connecting the tabs is where the later “Dolls Head” extension would be located.
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Phlebas the Phoenician, a fortnight dead, forgot the cry of gulls, and the deep sea swell and the profit and loss.
A current under sea picked his bones in whispers. As he rose and fell he passed the stages of his age and youth entering the whirlpool. Gentile or Jew O you who turn the wheel and look to windward, Consider Phlebas, who was once handsome and tall as you.
T.S. Eliot
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