Releasing Top Lever for storage?

[John B White]

I’ve been a member here for just over a week and have already more than recouped my membership fee. For nearly the last 30 years my only Parker has been my trusty 1929 Trojan that has been stored fully assembled in a Filson soft case in my safe. This past month I’ve acquired another 4. In order of acquisition, a 1929 VHE, a 1917 SC and today I took delivery of a sweet little 28 gauge reproduction. In transit is another reproduction. This one in 20 gauge.

Along with the guns came the requisite cases. Negrini this time. One a double gun hard case with tsa locks for my game guns. Another single gun case for the trap gun. The Reproduction came with its own trunk case and accoutrements, including an owners manual that references how to relieve the top lever for storage.

But it wasn’t until I searched this site that the fog in my feeble little bird brain caught on.
So… thank you guys.

Also, on Tuesday this week I took the VHE and the SC to my local trap range and put my first 50 rounds through each. I’ve no idea when they were last fired, and never having owned a Parker with ejectors I encountered difficulties with re-attaching the forearm on the VHE and at one point couldn’t get my SC to close. Rather than panic, I pulled out my googler and found the solutions to my problems here. Not too bad for an avowed Luddite, eh?

Now if I could only figure out how to post pictures. Oh, well…. Baby steps.

Carry on