Lefever shells for 20Ga. Low Pressure?
 

So I have a 20Ga Lefever that I have never shot.. looks and feels tight and I know it's a 2.5" shell length.. Any good advise on shells to put through it for
1: skeet and 2:dove 3: Fall pheasants?

Thank you for your time
Robert

RST’s.

That's simple... I'll give em a try.. Thanks Steiner

You should also have a competent double gun smith give it a once over to be sure it’s safe to shoot.

What grade is it? Assume it's a Durstan Special, which is the most common Lefever seen in 20 ga. They , of course,, have fluid steel barrels. As an alternative to RSTs, you could reload low pressure 20 ga shells with 3/4 oz. Very mild recoil, and effective on grouse, quail, etc.
I've had two DS Lefevers, and that's what I shot thru them.
Low pressure 7/8 oz are nice also.

Pictures?
 

Well, Dugger? At a minimum tells us what it is.

Hey there.. So I dropped this thread... apologies...

It's an E grade from my understanding..

I just took delivery today of 7 flats of 20 gauge, 2 1/2" Low pressure Armusa Classico's in 8, 71/2 and 6's with 6% antimony lead. Pressure is stated at 6600psi. Also got 5 flats 0f 2 1/2" 16's in the same shot sizes. Some of these were ordered in March and the container finally arrived earlier this month. Shipping cost's $10.00/Flat.

In Contrast, last week I took delivery of 6 Flats of RST in 20, 16, and 12 and was charged $180.00 in shipping. They must have heard me bitch, cuz I was refunded $20.00 today with no explanation. No issues with RST other than availability (not unique to them) and shipping cost. Their ammo goes bang like god intended. And I know they have a presence at the east coast events where you can avoid the shipping charges. But.... I live in NW Washington state. Couldn't be further from Florida (the distributer for Armusa), still $10.00 flat.

Give Mr. Andres Montoya a call at (608) 208-6800 and tell him John White sent you.

Time out. You can get a flat of RST’s, 10 boxes, to Washington for $10.00 in shipping? It costs me at least 25, usually 30, to get them to the greater Cleveland Ohio area….

No sir, Armusa ammo is $165.00 for a flat of 20 gauge 2 1/2” low pressure shells (“Vintage Classico”) plus $10.00 / flat. ($175.00)

RST 2 1/2” Falcons in 20 gauge cost $200.00 for a flat and shipping to my door in WA is $30.13 for 1 flat. (230.13)

I use both, because…. Availability. I shoot more Armusa and tend to hoard the RST.

Lefever grade
 

It's an E grade from my understanding..[/QUOTE]

So, Dugger, it's simple on a Lefever. The grade and SN is on the water table of the receiver. A picture would be helpful; like so. And the ejector bars that cross the water table tell us if it's an ejector gun or not. The double Xs also show the frame size, if they're on there. An E grade 20 gauge would be nice to have. And some pictures would be great to see.
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Good info John.. I'll give them a call. Thank you Sir