fishtail levers & left handed shooters

[Daniel G Rainey]

I am a left handed shooter with three Parkers. One is a 16GH on a 0 frame with a fishtail lever. Maybe I am just getting old, but the fishtail lever seems to break the gun open much easier for a left hander. Am I the only one that feels this way ?

[Mills Morrison]

Sounds like a choice gun you have there. Fishtail top levers are cool. My NH has one

[Jeff Bonadurer]

I'm a South paw. I wouldn't mind if my next Parker Bros. had a fishtail lever.
:cool:

[Bill Holcombe]

If I ever come across a fish tail lever that isn't attached to a gun, I would seriously consider switching it out on one of parkers. The only completely original gun I have anyway is my Trojan. My DH is the perfect vintage to have had one.

[Rick Losey]

Brian Dudley made a fishtail out of a straight lever on one of his project guns

it looked really good

just in case you have a few bucks burning a hole in your wallet

:rotf: :corn:


that being said- i really like them, especially on heavy guns with patterned barrels, I have two Parkers with them, and another i wish did.

[edgarspencer]

I'm a lefty and have three 0 frame 16ga. hammer guns with fishtails. I agree, it seems there's more leverage. I have wicked bad arthritis in my hands, so, the fishtail is a plus.


oh yeah, I just remembered, I have a 12 ga. hammer with a fishtail also.

[Brian Dudley]

They can be made and i also have a number of original fishtail levers sitting in the parts bins.

The fishtail lever, in my opinion os more irgonomic for right handed shooters also. It reduces the amount of travel for your thumb.

[charlie cleveland]

plain and simple they look good....charlie

[Fred Preston]

Look like the cat's tail got caught in the screen door. Guess I'm just asking for it; I don't have one yet.

[Bill Holcombe]

Do levers more or less drop in or do they require some fitting?

[Brian Dudley]

Yes and no. They may require some fitting to make them functional. But more of the issue is that the dish in the top of the lever can be different from gun to gun, so it likely would not line up with another frame if installed.

There is also some variations in some of the frame sizes.

[todd allen]

If it were up to me, all top lever hammer guns would have a fish-tail lever.
Lifter guns, well, you can't mess with perfection.

[Gary Carmichael Sr]

I will second that as far as lifters go, perfection indeed! as far as I am concerned, Gary