I'll qoute from page 112 of "The Parker Story" - "Beginning in 1884, Parker Brothers equipped some of their top-action hammer guns with a crooked, offset top lever."
Also - "The top lever/right hammer interference problem was influenced by the frame size of the gun. Smaller frames, with hammers closer together , have less room for the hammer arc."
There is a great deal of information on pages 112 and 113 regarding the shape of lever on the top-action guns and the reasons for the "crooked" lever.
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