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Originally Posted by Dean Romig
This topic has come up before and in fact, I asked the same questions more than a decade ago. I don’t recall that anyone could present a Parker factory reason for it then or any other time since.
The Parker Story, on page 111 discusses the change in 1882 along with several other “improvements” made within a year of each other. The last Lifter made however, was No. 144397 in 1907 by special order. It also stares that only about 25 Lifter action guns were made after 1890. But there is no reason given for the “why” question.
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Thanks, Dean! A guess would seem to be the toplever had gained favorable opinion as more modern and the makers, including Parker, fell in line sensing that would help with sales. My own opinion since operating one first hand is there is no question the lifter is better for me at least. I would like to see some pictures of some of those 25 guns! Does anyone here happen to have pictures they could post or link to? I unknowingly ran a want to buy post a while back for a late lifter not knowing how rare they were then.