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Unread 05-31-2014, 07:19 PM   #1
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What have I done? It is a 12-gauge, 2 5/8 inch chambers, 30-inch "Fine Damascus" barrels, 14 1/8 inch length-of-pull, 1 1/2 inch drop-at-comb, 2 5/8 inch drop-at-heel, weighing 7 pounds 7.6 ounces.
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Unread 05-31-2014, 07:33 PM   #2
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WOW WOW!!! Great Lefever Dave!! You have done great! Beautiful example.
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Unread 05-31-2014, 07:57 PM   #3
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Absolutely beautiful Lefever Dave. C grade?
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Oh my. Congratulations Researcher.
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Very nice!
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Wow! Nice....
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Dave, that is a wonderful gun! Just beautiful.
I'm guessing about a 1900-'03 D grade.
I just adopted a second EE Lefever 12 ga with chain damascus 30" barrels. I get it Monday!

Edit: I missed the picture of the water table. It is a CE grade! Great find, Dave!
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Dave, that is very nice, elegant. Finding and acquiring these fine guns is not easy. Congratulations.
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she s a beauty for sure..the old lefevers are really well built guns..i have a e grade 10 ga that my dad gave me that has the best grade of figured wood than any of my other guns..your gun though is about good as it get s...charlie
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By the serial number it is of 1899 vintage, if the published serial number chronology means anything?!? The right watertable is stamped C. The machining for the ejector parts in the frame eradicates most of the last digit of the serial number on the watertable, making me wonder if this gun went back to Syracuse to add the ejectors.
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