70253 a GHE 0 frame 16 has the fishtail top lever.

I really like the fish tale levers as well. Though I don't have a hammerless Parker with one. And after reading this thread I want one!

Most of my TA hammer guns have the straight top lever. Mills this may or may not help... the 1909 TA Hammer gun the sold on Gun Broker a few weeks ago, Serial#149687 had a fish tail lever.

Thanks Jay. I did notice that.

I wonder where, if not in The Parker Story or any of the other books written on the Parker gun, one might find such “empirical data”?





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Chuck Bishop may (or may not) reply in support of my remembering at least one hammerless Parker ordered actually specifying the fishtail or serpentine top lever.





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Hopefully Chuck will, although none of the letters for mine say anything about it.

My DH 12 #73179 has a fish tail lever.

I don't know if this helps, but my 0 Frame 16 hammer gun #72105 Is also a fish tail top lever.

Thanks Todd. That would set an upper limit.

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GH 16 ga 73259 has fishtail. ( Hammerless)