Fishtail Lever Survey

[todd allen]

My 0 frame 16 opens just fine with the hammers cocked
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[George Lang]

Mine also.

[Double Lab]

My 12ga. grade2 opens fine with hammer cocked.

[Milt Fitterman]

Pulled out a few guns to get to the back of the safe (always the one you are looking for) to get to my grade 3 hammer gun. After struggling I looked for the top lever and realized it was an Under lifter. Oops!

[Mike of the Mountain]

Originally Posted by Milt Fitterman

Pulled out a few guns to get to the back of the safe (always the one you are looking for) to get to my grade 3 hammer gun. After struggling I looked for the top lever and realized it was an Under lifter. Oops!

So Milt, does your lifter open with the right hammer cocked? Asking for a friend.

[Mike of the Mountain]

Two other 12g fish-tails in the safe. Both 2 frames. The G grade is HL so it’s moot. The 12g hammer gun will not open with the right hammer cocked. Dean, you had that gun for a while until it came my way.

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Mike Koneski

Two other 12g fish-tails in the safe. Both 2 frames. The G grade is HL so it’s moot. The 12g hammer gun will not open with the right hammer cocked. Dean, you had that gun for a while until it came my way.

Any of several reasons could be the cause of it not opening with the right hammer cocked, not the least of which could be the Vulcan Steel barrels… or maybe because it has an add-on Monte Carlo stock, or or maybe the A grade forend tip. But I’ll bet it’s because of the mismatched C and B grade replacement hammers….





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[Mike of the Mountain]

Can we pick just one reason and stick to it?? 😂🤣🤪

[Dean Romig]

In fact, that highly engraved A grade forend tip is the exact one we used to create the Distinguished Service Pin.

… but I digress. Back to the original topic.




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[Mills]

Here we go. 1 frame 12 gauge (left) and 0 frame 16 (right)