It all depends on how the gun is closed. Here in the UK we are instructed in the "correct" way to close a gun is to hold the barrels still and to lift the stock up with your hand on the toe of the stock.
I have put the quotation marks around the word correct as I find this method very slow and cumbersome. I use guns with assisted openers and I find it much quicker and smoother/easier to lift the barrels up to the action. You can adjust the position of the hand to increase the length of the leverage applied to closing the gun.
Bob
