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Yes, I have tried lubricants with no good results. Also, it is hard to tell if it is any easier with the forend removed since the barrels essentially fall off after just a short amount of travel without the forend there to keep them in place.

Please send gun to Abe Chabor down in Conn. and let him fix it

When this thread started I wondered if we were talking an English made Churchill hammerless sidelock ejector. Now, it seems we are discussing a cheap Spanish import. It seems to me a gun of this nature isn't worth sending to a high priced gunsmith. I would try fixing the problem myself like Gazz is doing. I would take a good look at the forehand like Chuck recommended. He most likely is spot on.

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Send it to Amarillo with two flats of ammo, I will return it in three weeks and the problem will be gone.
Sweet idea? Right?
Mike

p.s I will shoot your two flats, and two flats of my own ammo.

Oops,I missed that post. It isn't a London Churchill,please disregard my unsolicited plug for Abe

Question? Is the "hard to open " opening the lever or is it hard to open in so much as the barrels need a lot of force to push them down ? It would also help to know if the gun has been worked on in recent times .Is it hard to close ? Is it stiff to start opening then gets easier ? There are any number of possible causes that we might speculate about all day with out comming up with the real problem . For example ,the main springs have been replaced with springs that are over strong ,thus requiring more effort to cock so making the opening seem harder .

Not to hijack the thread, but I have a similar problem. I have a Grulla Sidelock that has only had perhaps 300 rounds fired through it thus far. The top lever is a real obstinate thing for my thumb to deal with.

Is there a particular technique that can be applied to ease the toplever function? Is the problem symptomatic of a particular part of the action being the source of the problem?

Rh,
A sticky top lever can be from a few different things. I've had a couple that were due to the hole on a coilspring type that was rough and catching the plunger edges.

Your type of gun is more likely a hairpin type spring that is just more powerful than desired.

Chuck,

The issue is that it is almost "glued" shut but once you break your thumb and force it to start opening it functions normally for the rest of the hairspring's travel. Thus, I don't think the problem is the hardness/resistance of the toplever spring, but rather something else is amiss?

Does that help dial in why the first part of the travel (arguably it should be the easiest part) is the hardest to get started?

If it were mine and I wanted to try and fix it myself I would first remove the toplever spring, re-assemble the gun, then close the gun and push the toplever left manually, then try to determine if it still acts the same.

I.e., eliminate one thing at the time until you find the problem.

SRH