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 .
