I always bring the top lever back to center, it does not take much to release the catch.
I usually use the earpiece on my glasses because I always have them right there.
Over the years, we have had to have two different repros repaired that broke the top lever from putting the gun in the case with the lever extended. The top lever on the repro is cast and very weak. They both broke in the same place, the narrow point just aft of the screw.
We have never seen an original Parker top lever break.
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