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The Lefever A grade btfes have a good feel. They are about as slender as they can be in any of the gauges.
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02-23-2017, 08:52 AM | #4 | ||||||
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The problem with the Lefever A grade beaver tails is there is no recoil support. They get loose quick.
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That doesn't look like any original Ithaca beavertail forearm I've seen. Here are NID No. 4E beavertails 1926 to 1934 style above -- 1935 and later below. |
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02-23-2017, 11:28 AM | #6 | ||||||
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I can accept that Dave. I was apparently misinformed... not being a student of Ithaca guns I went along with the description I was given. Apologies for misleading anyone.
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Huh? The front forend screw threads into the latch mechanism that sits in a hole bored though the forend wood, and the latch plate is inletted into the outside of the beavertail. No it's not a front pull screw like on an Ithaca NID beavertail or on a later Model 21, but the total bearing surface looks good to me. It's certainly way better than a simple wood screw. frank
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02-24-2017, 12:19 PM | #8 | ||||||
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It may be ok for the small bores, but every one in 12 with the beaver tail that I have seen has had some type of repair for it. These were just a deluxe machine made nitro special.
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02-24-2017, 12:30 PM | #9 | ||||||
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Well, they may be, but I dearly love my Lefever A Grade Skeet gun in 20 Gauge. Balanced well, light and great chokes.
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02-25-2017, 08:14 AM | #10 | ||||||
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Thanks to help from Researcher (Dave) on the Fox forum, this Lefever seems to be a fully optioned Model 5 A-Grade, not the Model 6 with Skeet & Skeet choking that didn't hit the catalog until 1936. The subject gun's serial no dates to 1935 as per the list in Walt's Ithaca book.
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