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.

[John B White]

I’ve been a member here for just over a week and have already more than recouped my membership fee. For nearly the last 30 years my only Parker has been my trusty 1929 Trojan that has been stored fully assembled in a Filson soft case in my safe. This past month I’ve acquired another 4. In order of acquisition, a 1929 VHE, a 1917 SC and today I took delivery of a sweet little 28 gauge reproduction. In transit is another reproduction. This one in 20 gauge.

Along with the guns came the requisite cases. Negrini this time. One a double gun hard case with tsa locks for my game guns. Another single gun case for the trap gun. The Reproduction came with its own trunk case and accoutrements, including an owners manual that references how to relieve the top lever for storage.

But it wasn’t until I searched this site that the fog in my feeble little bird brain caught on.
So… thank you guys.

Also, on Tuesday this week I took the VHE and the SC to my local trap range and put my first 50 rounds through each. I’ve no idea when they were last fired, and never having owned a Parker with ejectors I encountered difficulties with re-attaching the forearm on the VHE and at one point couldn’t get my SC to close. Rather than panic, I pulled out my googler and found the solutions to my problems here. Not too bad for an avowed Luddite, eh?

Now if I could only figure out how to post pictures. Oh, well…. Baby steps.

Carry on

[Randy G Roberts]

[QUOTE=John B White;

Now if I could only figure out how to post pictures. Oh, well…. Baby steps.

Carry on[/QUOTE]

Hi John. Go the PGCA home page FAQ's and scroll all the way down to the bottom to a tutorial on adding pictures. Good luck.
Sounds like you have a lot to add:corn:

[John Davis]

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.

I remove the spring from a wooden clothes pin and use the clips. I keep a wooden clip in every gun case. Then I hear my wife ask “why are you taking apart my clothes pin?”.