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Unread 03-16-2019, 07:44 PM   #1
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Wanting to look inside just because I have never been there. Is there anything that I need to be aware about or is simple? Help appreciated. Also anyone know where there are instructions such as Brian has on this site for Parkers? Gerald
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Members here would know.
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Members here would know. If you haven't been there already .
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Just take off the side plates ( covers) and you can look inside.
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2 5/8 in chambers question. What shell was this intended to shoot?
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the 2 5/8 chambers were intended to shoot 2 3/4 inch shells....charlie
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Well I looked inside and now I think there is a lot going on that is not visible even with the side plates removed concerning ejectors. I have never owned but one Lefever and it was an a grade 16 ga or was it called Grade A many years ago. Anyway I have been researching this HE grade for several days and I am finding more info on this site than elsewhere. Here are some things I have learned. Built around 1903. 2 5/8 in chambers. .667 in. bore. Right barrel is cylinder left is improved cylinder.Min. wall right 45 thou. left 35 thou. 26 inch barrels. XX for small frame. Seems Lefever referred to these as Brush Guns. The quality used to produce these old guns is amazing.It is obvious this gun was very used through through the years. The checkering has held up extremely well and I understand the wood is English walnut. Any comments appreciated still looking for more info. My quail hunting buddy Roy for many many years used a Grade A 16 ga with open chokes. Another friend Pete after hunting with Roy one day was very upset He said Roy killed nine birds while he was trying to catch his dog. I sure miss those fellows. Gerald.
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The A grades you refer to were likely Ithaca era boxlocks of the Ithaca designed “nitro special” platform. Lefevers in name only.

The ejector mechanisms on Lefevers is housed completely in the frame and barrels. Nothing in the forend.
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Yes Brian The grade a that Roy shot was of that era. In his last years the bottom rib came loose. He had it fixed and continued to use it for the remainder of his life. We carried Roy quail hunting until his mind got so bad he could not respond when the birds came up. He never knew his gun was not loaded but he still wanted to go so we went. He had some good setters and we took them too. Do you have one of those in a skeet gun or am I thinking of someone else? His had one trigger. Gerald
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