The fishtail lever was originally introduced to facilitate opening and closing the action with the right hammer fully cocked. Some didn’t need it though. It seems certain frame size/gauge combinations needed it while others didn’t. Parker Bros. being the thrifty yankee company that it was had an overstock of these levers when hammer guns were being phased out so they used up the remaining stock of these levers on hammerless guns.
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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