Lefever EE Straight Gripper
 

Adding to the three great Syracuse Lefevers posted by Bob, Dave and Frank since yesterday, let me show an EE Grade straight gripper. 30-inch Krupp Fluid Steel tubes choked 1-Mod and Full and with twin ivories. Stock is 1-7/16 x 2-3/8 x 14-1/8" over a 3/4" leather-faced S W Silver pad. Weight 7^9. Snap on forend with the engraved metal escutcheon. Also has the trigger adjustment screws in the sideplates.

Oh my Frank what a lovely example of a straight grip Lefever. How much do you want for her?:whistle:

Please correct me if I'm wrong but, I have been taught that "to a pad (or butt plate)" means 'to the end of the wood' or where the wood meets any of the various butt treatment apparatus possibilities..... but that "over a pad (or butt plate)" means 'including the (subject) butt treatment'.

I don't mean to muddy up this thread - just trying to be clear in my understanding of it.





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LeFever always stocked their guns with gorgeous wood. Beautiful gun.

We love our Parkers but in many innovative ways, the Lefever is superior.

Beautiful gun Frank!





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Some one please tell me about the "trigger adjustment screw in the side plate".
Thank you!
Bob Jurewicz

Dean, I changed my post to indicate "over the pad". I have always cited LOP "to the end of the wood" or "to the pad or buttplate" but I can see where that might be confusing.

Bob, it's the screw that's located just over the triggers on each lockplate on some Lefever guns. Robert Elliott called it a "trigger adjustment screw" and just based on one gun I've had apart there's a small pin on the back side of each screw that works on an eccentric principle. The screw is very hard to get to move after all these decades and I've seen many Lefevers with the screw slot buggered up. I highly recommend it/they be left alone. Incidentally the screw thread is an oddball; I measured its major diameter and tpi but can't find my notes right now.

The screw changes the sear engagement as it is turned, thus adjusting the trigger pull. I am sure they came in handy at the factory when setting trigger pulls, or when the guns were newer for the owner to adjust to their liking. But today, they might as well not be there as they are almost always frozen up.

Really nice gun Frank. They didn't make too many of them. Straight grip Lefevers stocked with fancy wood is just plain sexy.....

Here's a better view of that trigger adjustment screw and also a cool setter. Sorry, pic is slightly out of focus.