Hello to all,
I just purchased a Winchester low wall in 25/20 and it seems to be in pretty good shape, but I noticed that the finger lever has a little droop. it functions fine but I was just wondering if there was a way to titan up the lever. any help would be appreciated. Thanks Ray

It is a leaf  spring, I will have to pull the forearm off and see if it is contacting the lever and hammer. Thanks

On a flat spring action, when the hammer is down the mainspring should only be touching the hammer. This downward pressure on the hammer and therefore the block is what keeps the lever from drooping. What usually happens is due to "adjustments" or wear, the mainspring will stop against the lever pivot pin. When this happens, the hammer is usually not held tight against the firing pin as well as the lever drooping. 

Another thing that can happen, as Jeff mentioned, is the block being too tight against a cartridge or the barrel itself. In this case the block gets wedged tight at its uppermost position and can't drop down to it's final closed position. A way to test for this is to close the action slowly and watch for the block to drop slightly at the end of its travel. If it doesn't, try pushing it down. If it goes down and the lever no longer droops you've found the problem. If the block does drop like its supposed to and the lever droops, look for the mainspring hitting the pivot pin.

Once I cured the droop by simply checking the spring screw and tightening it. Anyhow it's worth checking before you head into the innards. Pat

Ray,
It does sound like the chamber hasn't been cut deep enough. If you don't have a local 'smith you can trust, you can give me a call a Johnson's Sporting Goods, 517-265-2545 and we can discuss the problem.

Bob,
Sometimes all it takes is some grinding on the flat "pad" near the tip. The groove next to the rounded tip needs to remain because the tip of the lever goes in there when the action is fully open. This is the hold open detent. 
Sometimes the surface of the hammer where the spring bears is worn allowing the spring to go farther down. Sometimes this surface has been ground to smooth out the wear.
Sometimes the spring is bent.

Steve if it won't hurt anything I would like to shoot it like that until this fall when the shooting season ends and then I will see what I can do to make it right. What do you think?
Ray

Ray,
  I had one with that problem and I filed down the heads on the cases a few thou until they had proper head space then used a primer pocket uniformer to correct the primer pocket depth.

Thanks Steve for all your input and everyone else as well. norb68