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Old 05-23-2015, 07:25 PM   #1
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Does a fishtail top lever serve a purpose or is it purely decoration?
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the thought has been - that on a hammer gun- the fishtail lever allows the gun to be opened with the hammers cocked.

they continued into the hammerless age - probably using up the parts

in any case - they look very nice on either gun
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Check out DGJ vol.4 issue 4 The Parker Fish-Tail Top Lever by Charlie Price.
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Apart from good looks, I see the fishtail lever as holding ergonomic characteristics as well.
I doubt however that the fsctory had this in mind.
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