Releasing Top Lever for storage?

[Eric Snelling]

Hello, my apologies but I didn't see an answer on google.

When I put my gun away for storage, I like to release the top lever and put it back to center so it doesn't keep pressure on the spring, and so the lever isn't sticking out there to be bumped or hit on anything.

What is the trick to releasing pressure on the lever so it will go back to center?
thanks.

[Garth Gustafson]

Here you go...

http://parkerguns.org/forums/showthread.php?t=5226&highlight=Release+top+lever

[Brian Dudley]

The lever should always be tripped back to center for storage or transport.

You would not believe how many guns I get shipped in that do not have this done. The chance of damage is that much higher over a simple thing. I know one guy who had an LC smith lever snapped right off on a very high condition trap grade. Shipped from a cabellas gun library no less. Because they did not do this simple task.

[Mills Morrison]

Get your car key and push down the thingy down between the groove in the center of the water table next to the action. That is it, in layman's terms

[Richard Flanders]

All my Parker cases contain either a 3"-4" pc of 5/16" dowel or, better yet, a cut off wooden pencil with the eraser left on to use to push down on the lever release. I would not recommend anyone use anything metal to push down on that thing. I've seen a lot of them that were dinged up from that.