Lever question

[Double Trouble]

A trivial fact, but some German guns had top levers that did not lock in the open position. So, with the gun open, when you would lift the barrels to close the action, the lever would actually move on its own. (The locking "bar" that engaged/locked the lumps on the bottom of the barrels had a wedge shape that would move the locking bar, and the top lever merely moved along with it.)

[B. Dudley]

Spanish guns are the same way. Along with others. The barrel lug acts as a cam on some guns that hold the lever open and allows it to close when the breech is closed.

[Dean Romig]

Use a pencil with an eraser top.

[Autumn Daze]

Or a car key.

[B. Dudley]

That is what I use. My keys that are always hanging off my belt loop.