I have lever droop and if I pull the hammer back slightly from full cock it will fall and fire.  Any thoughts will be appreciated.

What Jonathan said is a possibility.  There may be a system I’m not familiar with, but will mention a couple others for the lever.  I don’t know what timeframes any of these were used.

On some levers there is a spring and plunger set into the head of the lever.  This plunger assists in keeping the lever closed as the pins wear. This could be missing, or the plunger there but, the spring missing or collapsed.

On other actions there is nothing to assist keeping the lever up.  Just the fit of the pins and breech block head space.

No matter which of the three action yours is, the pins and holes are probably wore and may need tightening up.

You don’t say if it is a single trigger or set trigger action.

I assume you are pulling the hammer back and it does not catch the sear when you let move forward?   

On some actions I have seen where you pull the hammer back and the lever will fall, opening the action.  I assume this is not your case because I’m not sure it could fire with the action dropping open.

If the first scenario is correct then.
Disassemble the action and be sure it is clean.
Inspect the sear notch in the hammer and the sear nose.  If damaged, they will need to be fixed.   

If they are good then how is the trigger spring, if it is a single trigger action.  There should be no sticking or sluggishness when moving the trigger either way.  If there is, remove the spring, and be sure the  trigger moves freely. If the trigger is good, then rework or replace the spring.

If the action is a set trigger style that is a whole different animal.  It will need to be addressed in another post.
Bob

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