Casing a DHE - Top Lever Stays Over Right

[Cahaba_Boxlock]

Background: Parker Repros DHE, 20, 28, P serial number on 20 if that matters.

So I've always wondered why the top lever stays hard over right when the barrels are removed, other than the fact it helps re-assemble them. My problem is that with the top lever locked to the right, I can't close my case lid.

I've always just released the lever by pushing down on what I think is the bolt (#38 - exploded diagram).



Am I missing something?

[Richard Flanders]

You don't push down on the bolt. You push down on the part below the bolt, at the bottom of the slot in the receiver. I can't find the part on this blowup. Don't use anything metal like a screwdriver. Use a pc of dowel or the eraser end of a wooden lead pencil to avoid marring the part. And hold the lever to the right as you push on the release so the lever doesn't snap hard to center.

[Keavin Nelson]

It is part 41,42,43 in the exploded view

[Chris Robenalt]

It's part #41. To release lever, push the lever gently to the right and hold, take a small screw driver or long key, and push down on part #41 gently while releasing the lever back to center.

[Cahaba_Boxlock]

I misspoke, you're right it's not the bolt. We're all talking about the same thing. Here it is:



So, I guess my question is did Parker Bro's always intend for the individual to have to use something to release the top lever? Seems interesting to me.

[Chris Robenalt]

Yes, that little part below the bolt. The barrels push that down and release the lever, and the bolt engages. I'm not sure of Parker's intention for releasing the lever without the barrels on the gun. Most all sxs are the same way. The barrels close and release the lever by pushing down on a spring loaded release pin. Brian Dudley may be able to explain this concept a little better.

[OH Osthaus]

well, not being a wise guy

but the lever stays right because it is supposed to - it needs to be there to reassemble the gun of course

why do you need to release it to case the gun? what type of case?

[Scott Gentry]

If you push top lever slightly to the right then push down on trip lever should return to center. Is important to do this before placed in case to avoid lever damage/breakage while stored in case. If this doesn’t work you need to get to smith.

[Cahaba_Boxlock]

Originally Posted by Rick Losey

well, not being a wise guy

but the lever stays right because it is supposed to - it needs to be there to reassemble the gun of course

why do you need to release it to case the gun? what type of case?

It's a Winchester case sent with the repro.

Originally Posted by Scott Gentry

If you push top lever slightly to the right then push down on trip lever should return to center. Is important to do this before placed in case to avoid lever damage/breakage while stored in case. If this doesn’t work you need to get to smith.

Thanks. Just never ran into this on some other SxS like my BSS's. I figured it can't be good to store something under tension since over time it may weaken. I wasn't knocking 'em.

[Wild Skies]

Originally Posted by David Verhine

It's a Winchester case sent with the repro.

Technically speaking, your Parker Reproduction case was made and supplied by an Italian firm named Emmebi. And if we're going to be speaking technical , the snap caps that are in your case, I do not believe, are the snap caps that were originally supplied with the gun. To my knowledge, original Parker Reproduction snap caps were stamped "PARKER Reproduction" (not Winchester) and were made and supplied by Parker-Hale in the UK.

I don't quite understand why you cannot close the lid on your case with the toplever locked to the right? Although I typically release the toplever when casing my guns in their original cases, nonetheless; all lids have still been able to be closed with the toplever cocked.