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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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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