His gun, his call, but I am on the same page as you are- I have the barrels pointed to the ground in front of me, bring the buttstock and receiver group upwards to the breech with the opening lever pushed over to the right, when I feel the barrels seated in the action, I slowly release the lever and allow it to return to closed position. I've never handled or shot a Kreighoff, but didn't the O/U design stem from the 1930's Remington M32?? Just curious, but what was their record for durabillty- they were quite heavy I believe> RWTF
